Assessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Recommendations: Opportunities exist to bring together those responsible for forecasting,
mapping, planning and responding to emergencies to share lessons learned, and discuss resource
requirements and roles and responsibilities should a similar situation occur in the coming years.
Adequate capacity is required for governments and communities to implement clear and effective
local emergency planning.
Actions to strengthen resilience to floods and fires include increased capacity for flood forecasting,
ensuring community preparedness for floods and fires, increasing response and preparedness for
floods, educating the public about household preparedness and risk reduction best practices,
incorporating information on hazards into new infrastructure developments, ensuring a strong
understanding of emergency response goals, and working to ensure that Yukoners can recover
financially from emergencies related to floods and wildfires.
Clarity around responsibilities for emergency preparedness and response is needed across the
Yukon. This includes outlining the roles and authorities of municipalities, First Nations, the territorial
government and the private sector. This is vital for Yukon's remote communities, which have limited
resources to plan, prepare and respond to emergencies. There is an opportunity to strengthen
collaboration and clarify roles and responsibilities for emergency response through the update of
the Civil Emergency Measures Act.
66 It's often the next community that houses and feeds another in the case of emergency — not easy
to take on residents of neighbouring community at a time of need and that's the level of planning
that we need to see happen.
PROJECT PARTICIPANT, YUKON EMERGENCY MEASURES ORGANIZATION
Table 3 summarizes the risk scores for for the most significant impacts related to Priority 2.
CHAPTER 4 PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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