This recent article from The Toronto Star highlights how climate change is accelerating the global water cycle, leading to more frequent and extreme weather events— including prolonged droughts and catastrophic floods. As global temperatures rise, driven largely by the continued burning of fossil fuels, the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture. This intensifies both dry and wet conditions, with serious consequences for ecosystems, infrastructure, and human safety.

This new article published in CBC News covers how Kashechewan First Nation has once again declared a state of emergency as the risk of spring flooding looms large along Ontario’s James Bay Coast. The community, which faces annual flood threats due to ice breakup on the Albany River, began precautionary evacuations on Monday— starting with children, elders, and other vulnerable residents.

This recent article from The Conversation highlights how Canada’s wildfire season is becoming more unpredictable and dangerous, posing increasing risks to communities and ecosystems. Once confined to late spring and summer, wildfires are now burning year-round. In 2024, Alberta’s fire season began in February, while Québec saw its fourth earliest wildfire since 1973 in mid-March. British Columbia also reported early-season fires soon after, underscoring the shifting nature of these extreme events.

This recent article from The Guardian highlights how climate change is intensifying drought conditions across the southwestern U.S., despite recent heavy rainstorms. Earlier this month, California’s mountains saw over 6 inches of rain in just a day— yet the deluge wasn’t enough to counteract long-term drying trends. Communities like Malibu and Sierra Madre, already recovering from devastating wildfires, are now facing destructive mudslides, illustrating the region’s increasing vulnerability to extreme weather swings.

This recent article from CBC News highlights how climate disasters are causing record-breaking insurance losses, raising concerns about a potential financial crisis. In 2024, insurance payouts in Canada exceeded $8.5 billion, driven by events like wildfires in Jasper and flooding in Ontario and Quebec. Meanwhile, the wildfires in Los Angeles alone could cost insurers between $40 billion and $65 billion CAD, the most expensive in California’s history.

This recent article from The Conversation highlights how worsening water scarcity along the United States - Mexico border is creating a growing crisis for millions of people on both sides. Climate change is driving prolonged droughts, rising temperatures and declining surface and groundwater supplies, exacerbating water stress in one of the most arid regions in North America.

Sicily is grappling with its worst drought in history, placing entire communities, such as Troina, on the brink of survival. With reservoirs running dry and tensions over dwindling resources escalating, the island's residents are fighting for access to the limited water supplies that remain.

The latest article from The Guardian highlights how the climate crisis is disrupting Earth's water cycle, amplifying extreme floods, droughts, and storms that impact billions of people worldwide. With 2024 recorded as the hottest year in history, these intensifying weather patterns have caused widespread destruction, resulting in at least 8,700 deaths, displacing 40 million people, and inflicting over $550 billion in economic losses.

This recent article from The Conversation highlights how Canada’s fragmented water governance and growing consumption threaten the country’s freshwater future. Despite having access to 20% of the world’s freshwater, Canadians are among the highest per-capita water users, consuming more than twice the United Nations’ recommended limit. While Canada has historically avoided major water shortages, climate change and mismanagement are increasing the risk of scarcity.

This recent report from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) warns that Summer 2024 was the most destructive season in Canadian history for insured losses due to severe weather, with over $7 billion in claims.

This recent article from The Conversation highlights how climate change is making Canada’s ice roads increasingly difficult to navigate, threatening the lifelines of remote northern communities.

A recent article from The Guardian highlights an alarming reality: nearly all US states—except Alaska and Kentucky—are facing drought conditions after a summer of record-breaking heat. According to the US Drought Monitor, more than 150 million people and 318 million acres of crops are affected, marking a 150% increase in impacted individuals and a 57% rise in affected farmland compared to last month.

This recent article from The Guardian warns that more than half of the world’s food production is at risk within the next 25 years due to the escalating global water crisis. The landmark review, published by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, emphasizes the urgent need for governments to take immediate action to conserve water resources and protect the ecosystems that sustain fresh water supplies.