By Canadian Press

Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report

Jun 2, 2021 | 10:46 AM

A report by a federally funded research group says climate change will add more than $100 billion to Canada’s health-care costs by mid-century.

The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices says effects on health are likely to be heaviest among those who are already disadvantaged.

Report author Ryan Ness says the biggest cost — $86 billion — is likely to be caused by declining air quality.

Ness says increasing temperatures are expected to result in more ground-level ozone, a gas that helps create smog.