Climate Change Effects on Canada: Tourism and Disasters

This report examines the multifaceted impacts of climate change in Canada, focusing on its effects on the tourism industry and the increased frequency of natural disasters. The analysis reveals both positive and negative consequences, particularly highlighting the decline in winter tourism due to reduced snowfall and the potential for increased summer tourism. The report also addresses the rise in erosion, floods, and habitat destruction, including forest fires, as a result of climate change. Furthermore, it explores the Canadian government's efforts to mitigate climate change through regulations and programs aimed at reducing emissions and promoting energy efficiency. The conclusion underscores the need for both individual and governmental action to combat the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable practices.

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Introduction
In the last few years, the world has undergone drastic changes in the rise of resource
scarcity and climate alterations. Canada is one of those major examples of the countries
where the impact of climate change is highly notable (O’Neill, 2013). This report will
elaborate on a clear insight on how climate change has affected, both positively and
negatively the Canadian population, especially in Sweden in terms of tourism industry and
natural disasters.
Discussion
Regional impacts
1. On tourism industry
Tourism industry is one of the significant and most growing sectors in Sweden, however,
the changed climates is continuously affecting its growth and developments since the past
decades.
The negative impact- Climate changes have resulted in poorer access to snow, which in
turn has resulted in deterioration of the winter tourism in Sweden. It is to be noted that the
remarkable increase in Canadian winter temperature will entail vital changes in the winter
dynamics, counting in the hills and mountains. It is to be mentioned that the average
temperature of the region will have a significant rise by about 2 to 3 degree centigrade
throughout the entire winter season. With the same, it is also expected to be increased by 2.5
to 4 degree centigrade by the end of 2050.
The positive impact- The summer tourism is however benefited by the climate change
(Grillakis, 2016). It is expected to increase further in the coming years. In the important
summer months, Sweden enjoys a good income from tourism as because of the longer season.

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It is achieving achieve greater potential in changed climates with high bathing temperatures
and warmer summers than before.
2. On housing development and Natural disasters
One of the other major affects of climate change is that it has resulted in the increase in
precipitation in the Western part of Sweden and decrease of the ice cover period of the Baltic
Sea. These have brought in an intensified or increased risk of erosion, not to mention the
floods and the landslides that sometimes even results in cuts to the supply of drinking water.
Furthermore, with the increase in global warming, there the frequency of habitat
destruction, forest fires and drought have been increased to a greater extent. The changed
climate in the boreal forest usually predicts drier and warmer conditions that directly result in
fire. Habitat modification, or say, destruction is the other aspect of the changed climate
because of global warming, which is negatively influencing the Canadian forests. In the year
2014, after a long period of forty years, a largest wildfire in Sweden had resulted in the
burning of more than 36 thousand acres of land ("Largest Wildfire in Over 40 Years Out of
Control in Sweden", 2018).,
The shorter winter and warmer weather is only cumulating to favor the insects or
pests, which is overspreading many trees and slowing down the reproduction process. This in
turn is again a major threat to the timber industries of Sweden, Canada.
National Efforts
The issue of climate change greatly influences the overall growth of the region and
city. Many efforts are made by the Sweden government, both to reduce the emissions of
gases that contribute to global warming and to adapt the city to the new requirements. There
is a continuous action for building up new buildings in a climate-smart way so that they could

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not be affected by the changed climate in severe manner. Government has implemented the
process of developing up of the localities that are within the urban region into more attractive
centers that are connected to one another with dense network of public transport (Suzuki,
Cervero and Luchi, 2013). It has also planned to change the wide street thoroughfares that are
for motor traffics into spaces for recreation, cycling and pedestrian. The areas with greenery
are restricted from development of buildings, as this is very important to dilute the affects of
changes climate and for the betterment of the health and well being of people.
The Canadian government is continuously implementing its plan to regulate the
emission of GHG on the basis of sector by sector approach. It has also put several regulations
in places in order to address emissions from the transportation sectors and electricity, which
are the two major sources of emissions in Canada. With the same, it has also implemented the
ecoENERGY Efficiency program that is helping the nation in improving its energy use and in
accelerating the development of technology solutions (Gamtessa, 2013).
Conclusion
Thus, it could be concluded from the above that the increase in the emission of carbon
dioxide and rise in temperature, is only adding up to precipitation and in turn is contributing
to harmful natural disasters and decrease in the national economy. Although there are several
positive impacts of climate change, yet they are negligible in front of its large array of
negativities. Canadian government is taking necessary actions by implementing several plans
and projects to control or to minimize the effect of climate change and people must contribute
to the same as much as possible.

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