- cross-posted to:
- ontario@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- ontario@lemmy.ca
Climate change is no joke and humanity will have to adapt to it, but we can lessen its impact by significantly reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. See honest thoughts from a climate scientist on what it means to exceed the 1.5°C global warming target. Also see a 2023 Ontario report that was kept quiet for eight months for more information relevant to Ontario.
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“Sustainable development” and net zero by 2050 still sees on average 3x increase in 35+ humidex days. And thats an incredibly optimistic goal given our current timeline. Its also a double edged sword as heat increases our energy demand will increase, not just for ac but also refrigeration units may have to work harder.
thats an incredibly optimistic goal given our current timeline
It’s also optimistic given the rightward swing of politics in so many places across the globe.
Honestly, most of Canada’s climate is pretty unlivable already. Canada’s borders are not the result of a sane process of people deciding where it makes sense for people to live. They’re the result of a series of wars where England lost the big one (the American revolt) and the losers of that war settled in the inhospitable territory that England still controlled, mostly what later became Canada.
I don’t think a sane planner would say “let’s create a country where for essentially half the year no crops can grow”, but that’s what Canada is stuck with. While Canada’s agriculture industry could produce enough calories to keep everyone in the country fed without an issue, the variety would be pretty limited. Canada already imports something like 2/3 of all vegetables and 3/4 of all fruits that Canadians eat.
With climate change, not only is the winter a desolate time when nothing can grow, but summers are becoming miserably hot too. Canada was already much colder in winter than the major capitals of the nordic countries, and Moscow as well. It’s also hotter in the summers too. This year it really did feel like things went from way too cold to want to be outside for an extended period, to a brief spring, then a summer where it was also uncomfortable to be outdoors.
OTOH, climate change does mean that Canadian farmers have a measurably longer growing season already. It’s still bad, but at least it’s a month longer than it used to be.
It really seems like climate change will probably result in more crops being grown in Canada. But, it also feels like it will take away the nice summers too, because they’ll go from uncomfortably hot to unbearably hot.
Well…
It’s been fun, folks.
These numbers seem a bit odd to me. I’m almost positive Edmonton is not historically hotter than Kelowna, for example.
Edit - this comment was supposed to be top level.
People here are gonna be real mad if they can’t say “but it’s a dry heat” when talking about how hot it is …
