However, in recent years mines across Canada have been affected by significant climatic hazards, several which are regarded to be symptomatic of climate change. For the mining sector, climate change is a pressin
A tri-university research collaborative, it focuses on British Columbia (BC), whose voluntary efforts to set and meet climate change goals were far more ambitious than those offered by the federal government (and almost any other province in North America at the time). These efforts included ...
This chapter explores how Canada’s bijural legal system, constitutional human rights, international commitments on climate change, and its relationship with its Indigenous Peoples present both obstacles and opportunities for individual Canadians when it comes to climate change litigation. Canada is cultura...
Canada’s action on climate change Carbon pricing, clean electricity, transportation, buildings, innovation. Canada's plan Emissions-reduction targets, climate resilience, Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Funding programs ...
A team of researchers reported Monday that the Kaskawulsh Glacier in Canada's Yukon territory has receded, causing its meltwater to change its course and shift from one river to another. The phenomenon – which scientists have dubbed "river piracy" – is known to happen naturally but typicall...
Assessing the climate benefits of afforestation in the Canadian Northern Boreal and Southern Arctic This review highlights knowledge gaps in assessing climate benefits of afforestation in Canada’s north, emphasizing the need to consider various factors beyond carbon, like permafrost, albedo, and energy ...
"We're doing better," he added. "We're doing more things than any other government has ever done in the history of Canada when it comes to fighting climate change." Guilbeault acknowledged that Canada has had a poor record when it comes to implementing cli...
Health in Canadapredicts that Indigenous peoples will experience climate change in ways most Canadians won’t. In the North, where warming is three times the global average, severe disruptions are anticipated. A disproportionate burden of climate change will likely...
How does climate change affect Canada?Impacts of climate changeAs the earth experiences the effects of a changing climate, impacts such as extreme weather events in the form of droughts or flooding, rising ocean levels, warming land temperatures, and species migration can be viewed....
While the so-called experts are blaming climate change—and in the process demanding that government grab even more power and authority ostensibly to someday give us better weather—the destructiveness of this fire was the product of an all-powerful and all-incompetent régime. …To review, a ...