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COP26 deforestation deal key to slowing climate change, but Canada must tackle issues of carbon accounting and industry
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/cop26-deforestation-deal-key-to-slowing-climate-change-but-canada-must-tackle-issues-carbon... with more than 100 other countries, has committed at the UN climate conference in Glasgow (COP26) to halt deforestation by 2030 , as a ... great potential. It is not, however, a new idea. At a UN climate summit in 2014, many of the same countries agreed to halt ...
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Sparking a New Narrative: The Future of Climate and Wildfire | Presented by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
https://rsc-src.ca/en/events/sparking-new-narrative-future-climate-and-wildfire-presented-by-pacific-institute-for-climateAcross the globe, climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme wildfires and release of ...
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Echoes from the Ice: Mardon's Journey and the Enduring Case for Antarctic Protection
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/echoes-from-ice... frozen expanse - but as a vital component of Earth’s climate system. Home to around 90% of the world’s freshwater, the ... temperatures. “Antarctica is a thermometer to climate change,” Mardon reflects. “It’s important to preserve Antarctica ...
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The climate emergency warrants a strong mandate on zero-emission vehicles from the federal government
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/climate-emergency-warrants-strong-mandate-zero-emission-vehicles-from-federal-government... Simon Fraser University To prevent the worst of climate change, we must increasingly buy zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). ... might change in Canada, but only if our politicians are as climate sincere as they claimed in the recent federal election . During the ...
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Climate Change and Health in the Americas
https://rsc-src.ca/en/events/climate-change-and-health-in-americasClimate change adversely affects human health worldwide through multiple direct ...
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Temporary carbon storage in forests has climate value — but we need to get the accounting right
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/temporary-carbon-storage-in-forests-has-climate-value-%E2%80%94-but-we-need-to-get-accounting-rightTemporary carbon storage in forests has climate value — but we need to get the accounting right H. Damon ... role in slowing and potentially reversing the effects of climate change. But any carbon stored in nature is vulnerable to either ...
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RSC College Webinar Series - Climate change
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Harnessing Oceans to Address Climate Change
https://rsc-src.ca/en/voices/harnessing-oceans-to-address-climate-change... because it has yet to consider the ocean as part of its climate solutions portfolio. This is perplexing given that Canada’s three ... in the world. What role do oceans play in combatting climate change, and what might Canada do to align our ambition for global ...
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RSC Dialogues @ UQO | Climate Action and Health Resilience
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RSC College Webinar Series | Climate Change
https://rsc-src.ca/en/rsc-college-webinar-series-climate-change... by College Council, and supported by Walter House. Climate Change From fires to floods, tornados to ice storms, the past few ... have seen an unprecedented number of extreme weather events. Climate change has been a growing concern for years, but never before have the ...