In the broadest sense the information that we have gathered in our first year has validated the ‘threat multiplier’ nature of climate change with respect to people in Canada experiencing poverty. Poverty is a key factor in individual and community vulnerability to environmental risks. There was a consensus on this point in expert think tanks and the poverty-climate vulnerability risk connection is very evident in the research literature. These risks revolve around, and are compounded by several intersections, as a function of factors such as age, gender, and access to shelter. Indigenous and racialized identities play key roles as well, with climate change representing another facet of colonial histories characterized by rights violations and exclusion. Specific environmental risks addressed in the literature and in our think tanks included heat, wild fires, air pollution, and secondary risks such as poor food security. Our first year of work in this area has also demonstrated the significant knowledge gaps that are present at the poverty-climate-health nexus in Canada. With respect to the risks populations experiencing poverty face, most of the data available is at a very general/high level and will be of limited use in informing intervention design and assessing the effectiveness of responses. The think tank discussions were particularly helpful in beginning to generate areas where more specific information is needed - particularly for identity intersections. Examples include the risks of violence and re-traumatization faced by women in wildfire evacuations and specific implications for Indigenous communities in this regard. Large knowledge gaps are also evident in areas of environmental racism – for example considering older adult, racialized asylum-seekers who face systemic barriers in accessing support during heat waves. A large data gap theme is also that of the problem that most of our limited information is based on current risk scenarios – with little done that looks at projections of mounting environmental risks.