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== Canada takes action to address the climate crisis around the world ==

== Canada takes action to address the climate crisis around the world ==

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Canadians woke up to the realities of the changing climate this past summer, with deadly heatwaves and record temperatures that brought wildfires, flash floods and drought across the country. The emergencies continued into the autumn in British Columbia, with record rainfalls that forced the evacuation of towns, collapsed highways and destroyed rail lines. Elsewhere in the world, there has been a rise in the number and severity of tropical storms, tornados and other extreme weather events that bring devastation.

Canadians woke up to the realities of the changing climate this past summer, with deadly heatwaves and record temperatures that brought wildfires, flash floods and drought across the country. The emergencies continued into the autumn in British Columbia, with record rainfalls that forced the evacuation of towns, collapsed highways and destroyed rail lines. Elsewhere in the world, there has been a rise in the number and severity of tropical storms, tornados and other extreme weather events that bring devastation.

Driven by ocean warming and dramatic shifts in longstanding environmental patterns, these conditions are creating an even greater awareness of the need to address the root causes of climate change and address its impact.

Driven by ocean warming and dramatic shifts in longstanding environmental patterns, these conditions are creating an even greater awareness of the need to address the root causes of climate change and address its impact.

[[File:Imagecafaf.png|left|The SEED project is helping women work as technicians and “energy ambassadors” who educate their community on the importance of renewable energy. Photo: Cowater International.|thumb|250x250px]]

[[File:Imagecafaf.png|left|The SEED project is helping women work as technicians and “energy ambassadors” who educate their community on the importance of renewable energy. Photo: Cowater International.|thumb|250x250px]]

Canada supports climate-action initiatives around the world, recognizing that global warming and biodiversity loss have no borders. Not only do these problems represent existential threats, they are catalysts for instability, conflict, starvation and pandemics. Indeed, the COVID-19 crisis has taught us that global problems require global solutions and that now, more than ever, we must come together to address such issues.

Canada supports climate-action initiatives around the world, recognizing that global warming and biodiversity loss have no borders. Not only do these problems represent existential threats, they are catalysts for instability, conflict, starvation and pandemics. Indeed, the COVID-19 crisis has taught us that global problems require global solutions and that now, more than ever, we must come together to address such issues.