The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5C by the end of the century.
A new government report from the Environment and Climate Change Canada says that even if the world reaches net-zero emissions by 2075 — which means any greenhouse gases still emitted are captured by nature or technology — the effects in Canada will be stark. They include a nearly a 50% increase in the area burned by wildfires, and that glaciers in Western Canada will lose more than 75% of their mass.
With the current climate policies in place around the world, average temperatures in Canada are expected to rise 5C by the year 2100, with a 50% chance that winter temperatures will increase by more than 10C in much of Nunavut.
Nick Murray reports for The Canadian Press.