Climate Science

"Canadian climate policy is considered “highly insufficient” by the independent Climate Action Tracker."

Mar. 2023

Mar. 20, 2023

Mr. 15, 2023

Cyclone is set to be the longest ever recorded

Mar. 15, 2023

The $3-billion Cedar LNG facility proposed by the Haisla Nation has been granted an environmental assessment certificate by the provincial government - but critics say the approval does not support BC's climate goals. We hear from Peter McCartney with the Wilderness Committee.

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15972401-b.c.-approves-indigenous-led-cedar-lng-project

Mar. 13, 2023

Mar. 6, 2023

Feb. 15, 2023

Sea ice helps protect glaciers and ice caps that would cause massive sea level rise when lost, scientists warn

The area of sea ice around Antarctica has hit a record low, with scientists reporting “never having seen such an extreme situation before”. The ice extent is expected to shrink even further before this year’s summer melting season ends.

Feb. 26, 2023

The last three years were objectively hot, numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880. But the scorch factor of recent years was actually tempered by a climate pattern that slightly cools the globe, “La Niña.”

Feb. 27, 2023

 Feb 20, 2023 

First in a 3-part series

David Spratt is research director for the Melbourne-based Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration and coauthor of the book Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action (Scribe, 2008). He published “What Lies Beneath: The Underestimation of Existential Climate Risk” with Ian Dunlop in 2018.