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GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:51 AM Jun 2014

(Canadian) Government says climate change will make weather more extreme

Government says climate change will make weather more extreme

In a report posted on the department’s website, researchers from Natural Resources Canada said it is clear the country’s climate is rapidly changing and will continue to do so for the coming decades, even if there are aggressive international efforts to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that are responsible for the changes.

The researchers said Canada is in the early stages of preparation for climate-related changes to the environment, and what measures have been taken have yet to be properly evaluated, while “agreed-upon methods to track and measure actions taken to reduce climate change risk and vulnerability do not yet exist.”

Chris McCluskey, a spokesman for Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford, said the government takes the risks seriously and has increased funding for adaptation, with a five-year program announced in 2011.

The NRCan study notes the average temperatures in Canada rose by 1.5 C between 1950 and 2010, adding that “further changes in climate are inevitable.”

Hey guys, the horse went thataway...
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(Canadian) Government says climate change will make weather more extreme (Original Post) GliderGuider Jun 2014 OP
Natural Resources Canada still exists? And they're allowed to post articles? hatrack Jun 2014 #1
"Mr. Harper, Mr. Harper!!! Come quickly!" GliderGuider Jun 2014 #2
 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
2. "Mr. Harper, Mr. Harper!!! Come quickly!"
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 10:21 AM
Jun 2014

"I've found another nest of unmuzzled scientists! Come quick, sir!"

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