(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 departments website, researchers from Natural Resources Canada said it is clear the countrys 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.
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