“A clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now. And that is what the Government will deliver,” the GG stated. “From forest fires and floods, to ocean pollution and coastal erosion, Canadians are living the impact of climate change every day. The science is clear, and it has been for decades.” And “Canada’s children and grandchildren will judge this generation by its action—or inaction—on the defining challenge of the time.”
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Sue O’Brien gets anxious — “shaky,” she said — as soon as a storm is in the forecast.
“We
call it PTSD, and I don’t think that’s a stretch,” she admitted. “As
soon as the winds start … you start getting really worried.”
O’Brien,
who is now retired, said she has spent $100,000 trying to fortify her
property on the edge of Lake Erie. Her backyard is guarded by a steel
barrier, many of her windows are permanently boarded up and sandbags
surround the foundation of her home.
But every storm betrays
the cruel futility of her efforts. As the winds pick up, so does the
water, as four-metre-high waves slam into cottages already gutted by
nature’s wrath. The lake takes over O’Brien’s backyard and gushes around
to the front of her home.
“We used to have sand and beach,” she said. “This year has been like a nightmare.”
CNRL 2020 budget rises by $250M on oil curtailment ease; putting more rigs to work
The company says the increased spending will create the equivalent of about 1,000 full-time jobs.
Quebec lobster fishery is thriving, federal report shows | CBC News
I don’t expect this is much of a surprise. In 2013 we heard “Lobster and other marine species moving into cooler northern waters, says 1st of its kind study.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/climate-change-pushing-lobster-north-study-says-1.1863271
In 2016 we heard, “Warming waters from climate change off the Atlantic coast are driving lobsters further north than ever before, disrupting fisheries and – for some – perhaps changing a way of life forever.”
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/06/01/news/new-england-lobsters-swim-canada-bringing-jobs-them
The Science Advisory Group to UN Climate Action Summit 2019 have convened the report United in Science to assemble the key scientific findings of recent work undertaken by major partner organizations in the domain of global climate change research, including the World Meteorological Organization, UN Environment, Global Carbon Project, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Future Earth, Earth League and the Global Framework for Climate Services. United in Science is a synthesis of the key findings from several more detailed reports provided by these partners in a transparent envelope.
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time.
This important document by the United Nations and global partner organizations, prepared under the auspices of the Science Advisory Group of the Climate Action Summit, features the latest critical data and scientific findings on the climate crisis. It shows how our climate is already changing and highlights the far-reaching and dangerous impacts that will unfold for generations to come.