Climate Change Risk Framework Using Complex Interdependent Critical Systems (Short Paper)

Canada encompasses a band of territory that extends from the glaciers in the Arctic to the agricultural areas on Parallel 49th at the border with the United States. As such, the territory is sensitive to various natural disasters, from floods to wildfires to windstorms and heat waves. The balance of the different regions in the territory is such that one or two degrees of change have large consequences, such as the increase in intense wildfires and droughts. These disasters greatly affect the livability of the communities settled in these landscapes, particularly the coastal and northern First Nations communities. This paper describes how to consider the interdependencies among infrastructures and the social cost of disasters for more detailed risk assessment indices under severe climatic events.