By Dave Branco

Climate Change

A new report validates the Province’s climate plans

Feb 28, 2022 | 3:31 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – In a recent announcement, the BC Government announced its intentions for cleaner economic growth by 2030. Included in that transition is transitioning many BC Wildfire staff to year-round, full-time employment.

The world’s top climate change research group says the move can’t come quickly enough, as global warming is already having a significant effect in Canada, from wildfires in the west to the weaker seafood harvest in the east.

The intergovernmental group has a grim warning for Canadians as there is an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

Wildfires are a top risk to Canadians, and the report points out fighting wildfires has already cost more than 1 billion a year in six of the last ten fire seasons. The province has decided to strengthen the BC Wildfire service with that in mind.

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According to George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, “the plan is to have BC Wildfire Service mitigate fire risk through education or prescribe burning.”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change adds that BC will experience water shortages during the growing season in the coming decades. The report represents two years of work by 330 scientists worldwide.