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The Infrastructure and Buildings Working Group (IBWG) was established by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and Engineers Canada, in consultation with Natural Resources Canada, in 2013 and is part of Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Platform. The IBWG’s purpose is to build capacity, generate evidence and provide outreach to increase the capability of infrastructure managers, municipalities, builders, insurers, engineers and other relevant stakeholders to adapt, and facilitate adaptation to climate change. The IBWG is comprised of federal, provincial, private industry and non-government representatives working in the field of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

The Infrastructure and Buildings Working Group State of Play Report provides an overview of state of adaptation in Canada for the infrastructure and building sectors. The project has drawn on input from a variety of key infrastructure and adaptation experts in Canada, literature reviews, and input from the IBWG. Various gaps and opportunities have been identified as well as potential options for addressing them. Amec Foster Wheeler and Credit Valley Conservation were lead authors for the report.

This report is intended to inform the work of the IBWG, and serves as one of many sources of input to Working Group discussions on their work plan for the next several years.