B.C. Climate News: Three die in B.C.'s atmospheric river | Impact of heat waves on river flows to change rapidly | UN warns world on track for 3.1 C global warming

UN warns world on track for 3.1 C of global warming by end of century.

Impact of heat waves on river flows to change rapidly under climate change.

97 per cent of climate scientists agree that the climate is warming and that human activity is the cause.

Flooding and wildfires are becoming more frequent and more intense because of climate emergency.

The world is on a path to get 1.8 C warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating.

The goal, set in the 2015 Paris Agreement , is to limit human-caused warming to 1.5 C since pre-industrial times.

Under every scenario but the “most optimistic” with the biggest cuts in fossil fuels burning, the chance of curbing warming so it stays within the internationally agreed-upon limit “would be virtually zero ”.

B.C. Green leader Sonia Furstenau answers David Eby's call but not John Rustad's .

The leaders of the New Democrats and Conservatives have received the cold shoulder after looking to start minority government talks with the Greens .

The NDP is elected or leading in 46 ridings and the Conservatives in 45 following Saturday ’s election, both short of the 47 seats required for a majority.