Canadians can expect climate change to lead to more severe weather events and a possible disruption in food supply if action isn’t taken to address the looming threat of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming. The Star will continue to update this file throughout the day to offer more perspectives on the threat of climate change. The IPCC report found that a warmer climate will mean very wet and very dry weather and climate events will intensify. “We need to think about who is feeling these climate impacts most,” she said. Climate change, however, “supercharges” the existing impacts that previous warming has already had, said Dale Marshall, national climate program manager for Environmental Defence.

Source: thestar August 09, 2021 16:33 UTC