As wildfires threaten, oil and gas industry braces for increasing risks from a changing climate

The oil and gas sector, like all industries, is also exposed to climate risk in a physical sense. That risk has been hammered home this month, as out-of-control wildfires in northern Alberta forced several Canadian oilsands companies to evacuate non-essential workers from their sites.

As wildfires threaten, oil and gas industry braces for increasing risks from a changing climate
An aerial view of the oilsands in Alberta.

The oil and gas sector, like all industries, is also exposed to climate risk in a physical sense. That risk has been hammered home this month, as out-of-control wildfires in northern Alberta forced several Canadian oilsands companies to evacuate non-essential workers from their sites.