Gitxsan and Secwépemc Resilience to Climate Change

Indigenous communities in British Columbia (BC) hold deep relationships with their Lands, and are being disproportionately affected by climate change. Community climate resilience is an emergent body of work that examines select indicators to create an overall picture of climate resilience in human communities. 

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Recherches en hydrologie de montagne au Yukon

Les changements climatiques et hydrologiques rapides ont un impact négatif sur les montagnes de l’ouest canadien, et les communautés luttent pour comprendre et s’adapter à cette réalité nouvelle. Des observations rares et une capacité scientifique limitée entravent nos aptitudes à prévoir ces changements à travers le nord-ouest du Canada.

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Mountain Hydrology Research in Yukon

Rapid climate and hydrological changes are detrimentally impacting Canada’s western mountains, and communities are struggling to understand and adapt to this new reality. Sparse observations and limited scientific capacity hamper our ability to forecast changes across Canada’s northwest.

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High Latitude Dust

Dust consists of fine atmospheric particulates (particles in the atmosphere) that come from various sources including soil disturbed by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution. This airborne dust is considered an aerosol, and once in the atmosphere, it can change the scattering and absorption of incoming solar radiation and affect local meteorology by altering cloud properties. 

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Points de bascule

Au Canada, on se souviendra de cette année — 2023 — comme d’une année de climats extrêmes et mortels. Les incendies de forêt et la fumée, les inondations, la sécheresse, les températures extrêmes, les tornades et le réchauffement des océans ont affecté toutes les régions du pays.

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Tipping Points

This year – 2023 – will be remembered across Canada as a year of extreme and deadly weather. Wildfires and smoke, floods, drought, extreme temperatures, tornados, and warming oceans left no region of the country unaffected.

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Pour un Banff durable

Like most municipalities in Canada, we are grappling with how to prevent and prepare for the impacts of a warming world. As a tourism town nestled in a national park, Banff already faces several challenges – affordable housing, cost of living, and vehicle congestion, to name a few – but climate change is the most imminent one because it can cause dramatic change to our lives and livelihoods.

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Corrie DiManno
Sustainable Banff

Like most municipalities in Canada, we are grappling with how to prevent and prepare for the impacts of a warming world. As a tourism town nestled in a national park, Banff already faces several challenges – affordable housing, cost of living, and vehicle congestion, to name a few – but climate change is the most imminent one because it can cause dramatic change to our lives and livelihoods.

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Corrie DiManno