As the year comes to a close, a new report by Climate Central reveals 2012 as the hottest on record in the United States. The report also predicts that the average temperature for 2012 will exceed the previous record (set in 1998) by more than one degree Fahrenheit. Climate Central used data from the 118 [...]
The Georgetown Climate Center is hosting a webinar series featuring a panel of policy and planning experts to guide coastal communities on climate change adaptation. The first webinar in the series will feature local practitioners and focus on how communities can use floodplain regulations to build resilience to sea-level rise and increased precipitation. Georgetown Climate [...]
A new report released from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research reveals that global temperatures are expected to reach an increase of 4-degrees by the end of the century. This prediction goes far beyond the 2-degree threshold that is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change. The report emphasizes that the effects of climate change [...]
ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team at Simon Fraser University) and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance (part of the Centre for Global Studies and the University of Victoria) hosted a webinar on November first titled “The Perspective of an Insurer on Water and Risk Governance.” Lindene Patton, the Chief Climate Product Officer for [...]
As the storm clears and residents of the East coast begin the long clean-up process, estimates of the damage from hurricane Sandy are coming to light. The insured losses alone could reach anywhere from $7-$15 billion, according AIR Worldwide. IHS Global Insight estimates overall damage costs at $20 billion and business losses range from $10 [...]
Extreme Weather and Infrastructure: How resilient is your community? Thursday, November 8th to Friday, November 9th Castlegar & Distrit Recreation and Aquatic Centre Brought to you by the Communities Adapting to Climate Change Initiative (of the Columbia Basin Trust), this technical workshop will help local governments understand approaches to building resilient public infrastructure in [...]
Rising temperatures aren’t the only factor to effect food production as climate change progresses. Unusually high or low temperatures, excessive rain, drought, and extreme storms all have the potential to devastate food production. The long drought experienced by much of Canada and the US this summer is just one of the ways in which climate [...]
More than half of the United States is enduring an unrelenting drought that research reveals is a level of severity that only happens once in 800 years. As of August 14, 2012, the US Drought Monitor reports that 61.77% of the contiguous US is officially experiencing moderate to extreme drought, the highest percentage in over [...]
