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B.C. climate news: Climate plays second fiddle to economic, social priorities in B.C. budget | Researchers, doctors rally against Trump cuts

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

B.C. budget sets aside $100 million for more rebates on electric heat pumps for low income households to improve energy efficiency.

The past 10 years ( 2015-2024 ) are the 10 warmest years on record.

The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target.

The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates.

Scientists and experts say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.

Europe ’s race to build a war economy has led to pull spending desperately needed for another crisis: the climate.

In the first month of his second term, President Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement , froze funding for green projects, fired staff from agencies that do climate work.

This has accelerated a phenomenon known as “greenhushing”: the inverse of greenwashing, when companies exaggerate their green bona fides.

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