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B.C. Climate News: Los Angeles fires and winter drought likely linked to ocean heat | Scientists confirm 2024 was Canada and the world's hottest year on record

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B.C. has five years left to meet its 3030 conservation target.

The UN ’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns the window to limit warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial times is closing.

The Earth is now about 1.3 C warmer than it was in the 1800s .

Scientists confirm 2024 was Canada and the world’s hottest year on record.

Quebec planes and B.C.-based helicopters are helping to battle the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area.

“I think we’ve got a 36- to 48-hour reprieve to get the house in order, for our part anyways” says Coulson Aviation CEO Wayne Coulson .

Ottawa rapper TwoTiime among Canadians displaced by L.A. fires.

Forecasters say Vancouver ’s warm winter weather is expected to spread throughout the province and continue at least through January .

B.C. has five years left to meet its 3030 conservation target.

The Kaska Dena people have come up with a plan for the province to protect an area larger than Vancouver Island .

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