The Quebec government is introducing a new generation of flood maps aimed at better protecting residents from climate risk, while Montreal presents a compelling—but not yet funded—vision of an urban paradise that will be affordable, leafy, and mostly car-free by 2050.

The nascent flood management plan announced by the François Legault government last week contains some difficult truths. The long overdue updating of flood maps will triple the number of Quebec households designated to be at risk of inundation, reports the Montreal Gazette.