climate change and urbanization,”- Both Canada and the United States arevulnerable to climate change; they are exposedto hurricanes and sea level rise. Resilience toclimate change is bolstered over the short termby excellent emergency response and recoverysystems. Long-term resilience is boosted bycareful planning as well as by North America’slarge and diverse economy, which can providealternative livelihoods for people who arehighly exposed to climate impacts.- In the United States, 40 percent of rivers are toopolluted for fishing and swimming. Pollution in the riversof North America comes mainly as storm-water runofffrom agricultural areas, urban and suburbandevelopments

climate change and urbanization,”- Both Canada and the United States arevulnerable to climate change; they are exposedto hurricanes and sea level rise. Resilience toclimate change is bolstered over the short termby excellent emergency response and recoverysystems. Long-term resilience is boosted bycareful planning as well as by North America’slarge and diverse economy, which can providealternative livelihoods for people who arehighly exposed to climate impacts.- In the United States, 40 percent of rivers are toopolluted for fishing and swimming. Pollution in the riversof North America comes mainly as storm-water runofffrom agricultural areas, urban and suburbandevelopments

and industrial sites.”