Climate Change Report

• UN forecasting increasing chance of hitting heat limit on a ‘temporary basis’

  The world is coming off a triple dip La Nina, three straight years of El Nino’s cooler cousin, and is on the verge of an El Nino that some scientists predict will be strong.

  Environment

  May 17, 2023
  
• Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience, climate advocates say

  Climate Proof is calling for a 2028 target to flood proof at least 300,000 of the most flood-prone homes, either with water diversions and protections or relocations.

  Environment

  Sep 12, 2022
  
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• Climate change investments now will save money in future, report indicates

  “Investing now can pay off later,” said Sean Cleary, head of the Institute for Sustainable Development at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

  Environment

  Apr 20, 2022
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• Risks of climate change are ‘unavoidable’ and growing deadlier, says UN climate report

  Deadly with extreme weather, climate change is about to get worse making the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and more dangerous, says a new United Nations science report

  Environment

  Feb 28, 2022
• NASA predicts more extreme weather events but ‘we can stop making it worse’

  NASA experts predict that more extreme heat waves, intense rainfall, and coastal floodings will continue to happen in Canada and the rest of the world.

  Environment

  Jan 13, 2022
• Cutting methane emissions key to slowing climate change: U.N. report

  Countries must make "strong, rapid and sustained reductions" in methane emissions in addition to slashing CO2 emissions, scientists warn.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
• U.N. climate change report ‘a wake up call,’ says activist Greta Thunberg

  Activist Greta Thunberg, who has rallied youth to protest for climate action worldwide, said people's awareness of climate change was increasing, but "very slowly."

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
• Extreme heat waves expected to happen every decade, U.N. climate report says

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report also found that once-in-a-decade heavy rain events are now 1.3 times more likely and 6.7 per cent wetter.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
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• ‘Code red for humanity’: Climate change spiraling out of control, U.N. report says

  Drawing on more than 14,000 scientific studies, the report gives the most comprehensive and detailed picture yet of how climate change is altering the natural world.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
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• Report warns of ‘large gaps’ in Canada’s preparedness for climate change disasters

  According to the 734-page report from Natural Resources Canada, the "deep and lasting impacts" of Canada's already changing climate will be felt heavily by all across the country.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021