Energy minister tours VIU’s Cowichan Trades Centre and discusses issues
Funding still dwarfed by provincial fossil fuel subsidies over past 2 fiscal years
Up to 4 times as much carbon is released from forestry, wildfires than fossil fuels in B.C.
Researchers studying impact of changing climate on decreasing salmon population
Events part of Fridays for Future movement inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg
Fridays for Future movement called demonstrations from Australia to Indonesia, US to Sweden
Canada is home to about 16 per cent of the world’s remaining old-growth forests
Speakers shared a 2025 update from the ‘Ministry of Just Transition’
International report says warming continues world will face changes that cannot be adapted to
‘What we really want to see going forward is that we take action to stop creating disaster risks’
George Heyman says last year delivered the message that the time to address climate change is now.
Climate change has caused slope instability which has required the removal of the hut
Human and infrastructure damage of the past year will be a major focus
Environment Canada: likelihood of similar events will only increase as global warming continues
Study calculated that 42% of this megadrought can be attributed to human-caused climate change
$70M carbon tax fund also assists natural gas industry
US blew its carbon budget in 2021 while other G7 countries have only years left to reach goals
‘What have we learned from these recent catastrophic disasters?’
Over half of respondents said they were more worried about climate change after the heat dome
Team will measure temperatures, salinity and turbulence of waters that have crept underneath the glacier