Extreme weather events are increasing and 50 people have gathered at a Montreal university to talk about how to manage the risks associated with them, reports the Montreal Gazette. Flooding, snow storms and heat waves are among the hazards that are expected to come.
Reaching ‘a tipping point’
“We are playing with fire,” said Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. secretary-general in March. “There is a very real possibility that disaster risk, fuelled by climate change, will reach a tipping point beyond which the effort and resources necessary to reduce it will exceed the capacity of future generations.”
The week-long brainstorming session is hosted by the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Canadian government’s environment department, and involves meteorologists, scientists, academics and students.
Participants may take some solace in yesterday’s announcement that G7 nations have decided to end the use of fossil fuels by 2100. Or not.
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