This 2024-25 Strategy update is structured around the five main climate-related hazards facing Vancouver (extreme heat, poor air quality, drought, extreme rainfall, and sea level rise) and takes a risk-based approach to adaptation planning. The Strategy introduces updated climate projections, new objectives, and an action plan structured around the hazards plus enabling actions to support mainstreaming of climate adaptation across the City. It also has an increased focus on equity, prioritizing adaptation measures that support populations disproportionately impacted by climate change. An indicator and financial framework are included to support implementation. It is important to note that the funding needed to advance climate adaptation at the pace and scale required is beyond the City’s capacity and will require long term, sustainable funding from senior levels of government. This is particularly the case for coastal adaptation, for which we know the infrastructure costs will be high and there is a history of senior funding to support.