Canada Election 2019 – Adaptation
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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsTransit
McKenna Pledges Fast Action on Infrastructure Through a ‘Climate Lens’
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna donned a hard hat for her first major speech in her new portfolio this week, telling the Federation ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentSub-National Governments
Green Budget Coalition Urges Ottawa to Acknowledge Cost of Climate Impacts
Next year’s federal budget must acknowledge the hundreds of millions of dollars Canadians are already paying due to climate change and its impacts, the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Explainer: Arctic Warming Affects Northern Communities, Reshapes Global Weather Patterns
Rapid ice loss is already having a devastating impact in the world’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. And in an explainer on the implications of ... -
CanadaIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & Consumption
Sea Level Rise, Severe Storm Surge Could Sever Nova Scotia’s Land Link to Canada
The 23-kilometre land link that connects Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada is at risk as climate change drives up sea levels and ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarMethaneMiddle EastOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilitySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Atlantic Canada Rethinks Infrastructure, Tree Planting to Prepare for More Frequent, Severe Storms
A steady stream of hurricane-force storms has Atlantic Canada rethinking its approach to electricity grids, shoreline defences, and even tree planting, while insurance companies ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneOceansSevere Storms & FloodingWater
Rising Seas, Catastrophic Storms to Deliver ‘Misery on a Global Scale’ by 2100 Unless Climate Action Accelerates
Rising sea levels and catastrophic storm surges could displace 280 million people from the world’s coastlines and produce “misery on a global scale” unless ... -
Increase in Wildfires Could Turn Boreal Forest from Carbon Sink to Source
Wildfires across northern Canada are “mining” carbon from the soil and turning the boreal forest into a carbon source after millennia of acting as ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
Increased Emissions May Drive Atmospheric Warming Farther, Faster Than Scientists Thought
Increased greenhouse gas emissions may drive up atmospheric temperatures by as much as 35% more than climate scientists previously believed, according to more than ... -
Climate Change Makes Record-High Great Lakes Water Levels the ‘Evolving Normal’
Climate change is a “deciding factor” in this summer’s record high water levels on the Great Lakes, CTV News reported earlier this month, citing ... -
Pediatricians, Public Health Link Children’s Health Hazards to Climate Crisis
The Canadian Paediatric Society and the Ontario Public Health Association are both out with new warnings about the impacts of climate change on children’s ... -
Local Naturalist Blames Climate Change, Human Activity for Steep Drop in Alberta Bird Populations
Alberta bird populations have declined dramatically over the last 50 years, and a Calgary naturalist and citizen scientist is blaming a combination of human ... -
AfricaBuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaSevere Storms & Flooding
UN Stresses Adaptation Funding as Frequency of Global Climate Disasters Hits One Per Week
The frequency of major climate disasters has reached one per week around the world, a top United Nations official warns, in a new report ...
