b'CLIMATE CHANGERising challengeto theBy Ashlee ZelekOntarios climate isC limatechangehasbeenfrontnewssince1992,whenCanada joined over 150 countries in signing the Framework Convention on Climate Change at the UN Conference on Environment and changing. What doesDevelopment.Butintheearly90s(andperhapsuntilnottoo recently), the impacts of climate change just didnt feel like an this mean for theimmediate concern for many people. The effects of climate change were something our children would have to worry about. I, for one, never imagined that within my lifetime we would be seeing the aggregate industry?types of flooding, fires, landslides and even increased tornado activity that Ontario experiences every year. Climatechangeishere.Whatwereonceinfrequenteventslikeflooding, drought and heat waves are happening every year. Average annual temperatures in Ontario have increased and are expected to continue increasing by 2.5 to 3.7C by 2050. This is expected to have significant environmental, economic and health implications, and the aggregate industry is not immune to these impacts. In 2020, the province introduced its first-ever climate change impact assessment. The assessment, which OSSGA participated in, looked at impacts of climate change on key sectors, including the aggregate industry. To better assess impacts, OSSGA conducted a survey of two OSSGA committees to take the pulse of its members views on climate change and the impact on present and future operations. 20 AVENUESWINTER 2022'