VICTORIA—It would be easy to despair in the face of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and its unequivocal descriptions of how climate change, as caused by humans, is unfolding right now. Act locally — push for climate-friendly decisions in your neighbourhood and close to homeAs the IPCC demonstrated in its report, climate change is here and some of its effects will be felt around the world. Something has shifted since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Teelucksingh said, that brought climate change out of focus for a while. He knows it’s not a silver bullet to solve climate change, and remains concerned about loss of habitats in forests throughout Western Canada especially. “If kelp is what I hope it is, then we have gained another ally in our struggle against climate change,” he said.

Source: thestar August 10, 2021 09:00 UTC