Global Warming

• Climate change ‘speeding up,’ UN warns as Canada braces for early wildfires

  Climate change is “speeding up,” the head of the United Nations says as B.C. and Alberta prepare for an early start to wildfire season.

  Canada

  Mar 19
  
• 1.5C warming threshold could be hit temporarily in 2024: U.K. Met Office

  The global average temperature could temporarily cross a 1.5-degree Celsius threshold next year, Britain's Met Office said on Friday.

  World

  Dec 8, 2023
  
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• To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? Inside the debate at COP28

  After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what's overheating the planet.

  World

  Dec 5, 2023
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• COP28: A Canadian lawyer’s backchannel strategy to force polluters to act

  A Canadian human rights lawyer is trying a different approach to compel the world's biggest polluters to compel nations to drastically lower their emissions.

  Environment

  Dec 2, 2023
• Global warming will reach 1.4C in 2023: WMO

  2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

  World

  Nov 30, 2023
• Oil, gas sector must slash planet warming operations to save climate: report

  The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extreme weather events.

  World

  Nov 23, 2023
• Global emissions set to fall by only 2% come 2030: UN report

  Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a UN report released Tuesday.

  World

  Nov 14, 2023
• World is heading toward series of environmental ‘tipping points,’ UN warns

  The Interconnected Disaster Risks report identified accelerating rates of extinction, groundwater depletion, glacial melt and extreme heat as the major interconnected threats.

  World

  Oct 25, 2023
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• Climate policy works – but these sectors undercut progress: report

  Emissions from oil and gas production and from buildings accounted for 72 per cent of the total increase in emissions, according to a climate change report.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2023
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• WestJet CEO says aviation will need significant government support to decarbonize

  Alexis von Hoensbroech says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023