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We’ve had 12 months of record-breaking global heat. How close are we to passing the 1.5 C limit?

July 8, 2024 – CBC News – While the last 12-month period globally reached 1.64 C above pre-industrial levels, according to…+

Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill

June 6, 2024 – The Canadian Press – Disaster survivors plead with MPs to act.

Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future

May 13, 2024 – PNAS Nexus – Human development has ushered in an era of converging crises: climate change, ecological…+

Getting climate action on the education agenda

May 6, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Last school year, a student of mine posed a question that reverberated…+

Climate change is an added barrier to youth physical activity, report says

May 7, 2024  – The Canadian Press – Heat waves and poor air quality from wildfires pose extra challenges tochildren…+

How extreme cold events fit into the global warming model

April 19, 2024 – Earth.com – Global warming is undeniable, yet recent winters have witnessed record-breaking, extreme cold temperatures in…+

2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters

Dec. 19, 2023 – The Conversation – Globally, 2023 was the warmest year on record, and it wreaked havoc around…+

Seven in 10 Canadians worried about climate change, link it to extreme weather

Sept. 13 – CBC  – OTTAWA — A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it…+

Severe thunderstorms in first half of 2023 caused record amount in damages: research

Aug. 9, 2023 – The Hill – Severe thunderstorms in the USA in the first six months of the year…+

Something’s changed’: Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say

Aug. 8, 2023 – Canadian Press – Floods, drought, warm waters lapping three coasts — but mostly wildfire smoke from…+

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