Climate change effect on public transportation infrastructure to cost billions: financial watchdog
September 22, 2022 The Canadian PressTORONTO – Ontario’s financial watchdog says the effects of climate change are projected to cost the province an extra $1.5 billion a year on average in the next few years just to maintain public transportation infrastructure. A report released today…
Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience
September 13, 2022 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – A broad coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating – one of a series of hard targets it says Canada needs to meet in the…
Navigating climate change: How shipping is adapting in the St. Lawrence
September 8, 2022 The Canadian PressBy Claude Comtois, Professeur emerite de geographie, Universite de Montreal – THE CONVERSATION This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the…
Newfoundland wildfires could be sign of what climate change has in store for province
August 15, 2022 The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A climatologist says the wildfires that have been burning for more than two weeks in central Newfoundland could be a sign of what’s to come as the province feels the impacts of climate change. Joel Finnis,…
Why your client now needs environmental insurance
July 4, 2022 by Jason ContantClimate change is resulting in larger and non-traditional pollution losses, necessitating the need for environmental insurance to cover possible coverage gaps left by other policies, an environmental insurance expert said recently. Stronger storms coupled with increased land development can lead…
Emergency alerts when severe weather happens can be improved: Environment Minister
May 26, 2022 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Emergency weather alerts that are broadcast over the mobile network should be improved to make sure they are getting to the right people at the right time, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday. Guilbeault is in Germany for…
Last summer’s B.C., Alberta heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows
May 6, 2022 Brenna Owen - THE CANADIAN PRESSThe record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United Kingdom shows. The study published Wednesday in the journal Science…
Curbing Canadian forest fires could be an affordable way to cut emissions: study
April 28, 2022 Hina Alam - THE CANADIAN PRESSBetter wildfire management in Canadian and Alaskan forests could offer a cost-effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. Research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday found wildfires in North American boreal forests could represent…
Extreme heat should be labelled a natural disaster, new report urges
April 20, 2022 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Governments should consider extreme heat a natural disaster as climate change raises the risk of soaring summer temperatures in much of Canada, a new report says. Irreversible Extreme Heat, penned by experts at the Intact Centre on Climate…
What Canadians can expect of future hurricane seasons
April 7, 2022 by David GambrillAtlantic Canadians can expect to see more and increasingly intense hurricanes, as sea surface temperatures continue to warm up as a result of climate change. “Warmer sea surface temperatures fuel stronger hurricanes,” Swiss Re Canada CEO Monica Ningen observed during…
Oil and gas sector “cannot do business as usual”: Environment Minister
April 5, 2022 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new report from the United Nations’ climate agency shows the oil and gas sector “cannot do business as usual” even as the government is still considering approving a massive new offshore oil…
Oil and gas sector emissions need to be cut two-fifths by 2030, new climate plan says
March 30, 2022 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian oil industry Tuesday that it should use the massive bump in profits from the current surge in prices to fund a transition to cut their emissions. The federal government unveiled an…