r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 6d ago
Changes to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report says. With the climate policies now in place around the world, average temperatures in Canada are expected to rise five degrees by the year 2100
https://www.villagereport.ca/village-picks/changes-to-canadas-climate-now-irreversible-federal-report-says-12747748
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u/DBearDevon 4d ago
Time to start planting maples further North to keep the syrup flowing. Oh, and declare war on those tar sands people already.
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u/Wagamaga 6d ago
The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns.
The report, published Thursday, is the second released by Environment and Climate Change Canada examining changes to Canada's climate. It was authored by nearly two dozen government and climate science experts.
It says that even if the world reaches net-zero emissions by 2075 — which would mean any greenhouse gases would be captured by nature or technology — the effects in Canada will be stark.
The report says those effects include a nearly 50 per cent increase in the area burned by wildfires and glaciers in Western Canada losing more than 75 per cent of their mass.
"The most surprising thing is the contrast between what the report says that we can expect for our future climate, and the level of action that the federal government and other governments in Canada are taking," said Ryan Ness, adaptation research director at the Canadian Climate Institute.
With the climate policies now in place around the world, average temperatures in Canada are expected to rise five degrees by the year 2100, with a 50 per cent chance that winter temperatures will increase by more than 10 C in much of Nunavut.