More than two dozen UVic researchers helped write Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026, the country’s most comprehensive climate assessment to date.
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Waterloo researchers say targeted tree selection, not mass planting, can help Canadian forests cope with warmer, drier climates, based on a black spruce study.
Cape Breton flooding left states of emergency in three counties and Port Hawkesbury, with 54 roads still closed, eight bridges damaged and one death reported.
A very strong El Niño is now near-certain through February 2027, the WMO says, warning of shifting rainfall, extreme heat, flood and drought risks worldwide.
Definity catastrophe losses reached an estimated $130 million for July and August 2026 after Ontario and Alberta floods and BC wildfires, above analyst consensus.
Canada net-zero emissions decide when warming stops, a federal assessment finds, with drought, fire weather and flooding impacts already locked in.
Construction has started on the North Coast Transmission Line, a multi-phase B.C. grid project tied to 9,700 jobs and nearly $10 billion a year in GDP.
The Canada climate adaptation report released 3 September sets out 2.0°C of warming, new Indigenous science sections and guidance for decision-makers.
Think tanks say Canada megaprojects need regulatory certainty and 350,000 skilled trades workers to convert $1 trillion in pledged capital into construction.
A public webinar on Canada’s Changing Climate Report puts the federal 5°C warming projection, glacier loss and wildfire findings to open questions.
