Canada Flooding Highlights Need for Inclusive Climate Action

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman and children who were stranded by high water due to flooding are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat in Abbotsford, British Columbia, November 16, 2021. © 2021 Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP © 2021 Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP Canada’s western province of British Columbia is once again reeling from devastation linked to climate change. Following this summer’s deadly heat and rampant wildfires, record rainfall this month has triggered massive flooding, displacing more than 17,000 people and killing at least three. The disastrous flooding…

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