Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation

Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation

Disaster
Other
Not available
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Year of publication
Not available
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Flooding
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Sudden-onset
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT SPECIFIC - Flood insurance programme to protect homeowners at high risk of flooding and without adequate insurance protection, and the development of a national action plan to assist homeowners with potential relocation for those at the highest risk of repeat flooding.
Sub-region
Northern America
Region
Northern America
Macro-region
Americas
Author/issuing body
Ministry of Public Safety
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C

The Government of Canada created the Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation with the mandate to explore solutions for low-cost flood insurance for residents of high-risk areas and consider strategic relocation in areas at the highest risk of recurrent flooding. This interdisciplinary taskforce brought together experts from across the country in both the public and private sectors.

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The Task Force [...] provides a common understanding of the evidence and information required to implement viable arrangements for a national approach to flood insurance, with special considerations for potential strategic relocation of those at most extreme risk.

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*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).