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Justin Trudeau’s climate agenda praised by Americans
Posted by CBC: None Given on March 12th, 2016
CBC: U.S. President Barack Obama's energy secretary says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put climate change back on the agenda after years of relative inaction by the previous Conservative government.
"I have to say, the current government has certainly picked up the pace in terms of collaborating, particularly in climate-related activities," Ernest Moniz said in an interview with host Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House. "We have a lot of enthusiasm to go forward."
The cabinet-level secretary...
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Climate change scientist says past floods help predict future weather
Posted by CBC: None Given on February 26th, 2016
CBC: A leading Canadian scientist says Canada is on the front line of climate change, and researchers are studying once-in-a-century weather events to predict what can be expected in the future.
Francis Zwiers is director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at University of Victoria. He is speaking across the country, including in Halifax on Saturday, about climate change and whether extreme events are more frequent and intense than in the past.
"We talk about different kinds of events, we...
Canada: Global warming threatens the backyard rink
Posted by CBC: None Given on January 11th, 2016
CBC: A Canadian tradition, the backyard rink, may be in trouble in the coming years in much of the country, including P.E.I.
That's the conclusion of a group of geographers at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, which has been studying ice conditions in rinks since 2012.
They're the founders of Rink Watch, a website that allows people to pin their rinks on a map, and then update ice conditions all winter.
They've just crunched the first two years of data, along with global climate...
Droughts from climate change will hit developed countries harder
Posted by CBC: None Given on January 7th, 2016
CBC: New research suggests farms in developed countries may be more vulnerable to longer, deeper droughts predicted to occur as a result of climate change. "(Those farms) are really good in terms of producing high yields in stable climates, but maybe they're more vulnerable to weather shocks," said Navin Ramankutty of the University of British Columbia, co-author of a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Ramankutty and his colleagues examined United Nations crop data from 177 countries between...
Paris deal on climate change met with calls to action from Canadians
Posted by CBC: None Given on December 12th, 2015
CBC: Experts and environmentalists tried to inject a practical note into Saturday's celebration over the Paris climate agreement, pointing out Canada still doesn't have a federal emissions target.
The agreement, which was passed by nearly 200 countries in Paris, asks all countries to restrict their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. It limits temperature rise to two degrees Celsius.
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna tweeted that the pact was made "for our children."
However,...
Rachel Notley will sell a ‘different’ Alberta at climate change talks
Posted by CBC: None Given on November 28th, 2015
CBC: Premier Rachel Notley says she's heading to climate change talks in Paris to show the world it`s dealing with a new Alberta.
"I think it's just very, very important for people to see that they're dealing with a different thing now in Alberta, and hopefully they'll view our efforts to engage in international trade more positively as a result," she said.
One focus at the conference will be selling Alberta's new climate change plan in meetings with stakeholders and governments, focusing on buy-in...
Climate change could have link with terrorism, UN chief Ban Ki-moon tells CBC
Posted by CBC: None Given on November 28th, 2015
CBC: The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the attacks in Paris can't overshadow efforts to reach a climate change agreement at next week's summit.
He also warns in an exclusive interview with CBC News of a possible link between climate change and terrorism.
"When we do not address climate change properly it may also affect many people who are frustrated and who are impacted, then there is some possibility that these young people who [are] jobless and frustrated may join these foreign terrorist...
UN chief warns climate change link with terrorism
Posted by CBC: None Given on November 28th, 2015
CBC: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon says the attacks in Paris can't overshadow efforts to reach a climate change agreement at next week's summit.
He also warns in an exclusive interview with CBC News of a possible link between climate change and terrorism.
"When we do not address climate change properly it may also affect many people who are frustrated and who are impacted, then there is some possibility that these young people who [are] jobless and frustrated may join these foreign terrorist...
Climate change: Municipalities unprepared for ‘weather whiplash,’ warns meteorologist
Posted by CBC: None Given on August 22nd, 2015
CBC: Boreal forest being driven to tipping point by climate change, study finds Climate change is killing off bumblebees: study Climate change 'disaster waiting to happen,' Toronto summit told Can Pope Francis's 'street cred' shift the climate change debate?
A top Canadian meteorologist warns that municipalities aren't prepared to deal with the impacts of an increasingly volatile climate that can bring devastating floods one season and a drought the next.
In the last five years, Canadian cities...
B.C. fires: Christy Clark blames climate change for wildfire increase
Posted by CBC: None Given on July 23rd, 2015
CBC: B.C. Premier Christy Clark says wildfire seasons like the one the province is currently experiencing will become more common because of climate change.
"Climate change has altered the terrain. It's made us much more vulnerable to fire," said Clark.
"We have to be planning with the knowledge that this isn't going to be an unusual year."
The premier made the remarks at the site of the Westside Road fire near West Kelowna after flying over the area to view the damage.
There are 248 fires...