A report from the World Meteorological Organization forecasts that global temperatures are likely to soon pass the 1.5 C limit set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But Canada has already blown past that threshold, so what does it mean here?
B.C. officials are touting the progress made on recovering from last year s catastrophic flooding, but any sense of optimism is tempered by an awareness from experts and residents alike that the next big storm could come sooner rather than later.
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In November 2021, an atmospheric river triggered fatal mudslides, damaged critical highway infrastructure and called into question responsibility for flood mitigation in a province repeatedly pummeled by the impacts of climate change.