Climate change adaptation options for Toronto's urban forest

CAP is working with the City to incorporate adaptation to climate change into program planning and implementation to reduce the vulnerability of the city and its inhabitants from the impacts of climate change. [...] Climate Impacts on the Urban Forest Climate change is already beginning to exacerbate the stressors on urban trees and add urgency to the need for additional resources to protect and expand the urban forest. [...] Increasing the availability and planning of diverse species of trees to improve the resilience of the urban forest;. [...] Drawing on suggestions from the committee, the Scan of Climate Change Impacts on the City of Toronto and adaptation planning lessons from other cities, this report presents a series of adaptation options to reduce the impacts of climate change on urban trees. [...] The greater the canopy of the urban forest, the more carbon dioxide that can be sequestered, the more air pollutants that can be removed, and the greater the provision of shade.