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The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep global temperature from exceeding 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels.

A record 47 per cent of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report says.

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

Delta home to largest LED-lit greenhouse in western North America .

B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix says the looming prospect of U.S. tariffs raises the stakes for boosting the province’s energy independence.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday : “ Europe will stay the course, and keep working with all nations that want to protect nature and stop global warming” UBCIC president says he doesn't support resuscitating dead pipeline projects.

The number of districts with climate plans has increased to 23 from two just three years ago .

That still means more than half of B.C. ’s 60 school districts still don’t have plans to cope with an increase in climate-related disasters such as floods, wildfires and water shortages.

The trustees group urges school districts across the province to include climate action as a core part of their operation.