Extreme weather: The costs of not acting FAR EXCEED the costs of acting.
The one thing we now know for certain is that the costs of not acting far exceed the costs of acting—financially and socially.
Dr. Blair Feltmate is Associate Professor, and Director of Sustainability Practice, in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo. Positions he holds include: Chair, Climate Change Adaptation Project – Canada; Chair, Pollution Probe; Co-Chair, WeatherWise, City of Toronto; Co-Chair, Greening Greater Toronto; Senior Advisor, Sustainable Electricity Program, Canadian Electricity Association; Board Member, Ontario Securities Commission’s Environmental Reporting Advisory Committee; and Board Member, Sustainable Hamilton.
Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Dr. Feltmate was Director of Sustainable Development, Ontario Power Generation, and before that he was Vice President of Sustainable Development, Bank of Montreal. Earlier in his career, Dr. Feltmate spent twelve years developing sustainable development programs for two dozen multi-national companies and industry associations in Canada and the US.