B.C. climate news: Metro Vancouver moves to stage 3 water restrictions Monday | Out-of-control wildfire in B.C.'s Cariboo prompts alert | Environment Canada forecasts hotter-than-normal summer for B.C.

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The outlook says warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across most of Canada. The federal weather agency says there is a 100 per cent probability that parts of southern B.C., including Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island will be hotter than normal.

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Meteorologists say a transition to a strong El Niño is expected to develop this summer.

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El Niño occurs when the surface water temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become warmer than average, the agency said. This rise in temperature changes the atmosphere circulation and weather patterns around the globe, which can impact food supplies, energy systems, and influence extreme climate.

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The federal weather agency adds that climate change is causing extreme hot temperatures at a greater frequency than in the past, increasing the severity of heat waves and contributing to the risk of drought and wildfires.

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—Tiffany Crawford

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Climate change is in the background this U.S. election year as high prices, conflict in the Middle East, AI and other issues take centre stage. But that doesn’t mean the public has forgotten about it.

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More than half of Americans regard climate change as a very, or moderately big, problem, and only a quarter of them think the world is equipped to address the challenge, according to new survey results from the Pew Research Center.

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Since the group’s previous poll on the topic in 2022, storms, heat and wildfires worsened by greenhouse gas pollution have continued to damage communities and take lives. Biden-era and older policies to boost clean technology and lower emissions have been reversed quickly in President Donald Trump’s second term.

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Democrats and those who lean to the left have moved toward pessimism: 69 per cent of them said the U.S. and other countries will not do enough to address risks — an 18-percentage-point leap in four years. Overall, the share of respondents saying countries won’t avoid the worst impacts of climate change is 62 per cent, up nine percentage points.

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On the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, a cargo of drugs on their way to a clinical trial were warming in the rising afternoon sun. At risk of being spoiled, a newly installed tracker that monitors temperature, humidity and location, alerted the pharmaceutical company in real-time about the threat.

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The intervention earlier this month is an example of how nascent technology can help protect the world’s $35 trillion global trade system, not just from geopolitical disruption and human error, but also from an increasingly unpredictable climate.

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Without an alert about potential high-temperature risks to the clinical product, “then guess what? You wasted thousands of dollars to ship it, thousands of dollars to do the clinical trial,” said Krenar Komoni, the founder of technology startup Tive Inc. that developed the tracker.

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This year, the month of April was the joint third-hottest globally on record, behind 2024 and 2025. Heatwaves are continuing across much of Asia and forecasters predict with a high degree of confidence that a powerful El Niño developing in the tropical Pacific Ocean could unleash record temperatures.

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The impacts of extreme weather events fuelled by global warming, including heatwaves, storms, floods and wildfires, are mounting for business globally. Companies transporting pharmaceuticals, food and high-value technology goods such as microchips are particularly vulnerable to temperature, humidity and delays.

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Temperatures are expected to soar above 40 C in Morocco next week, according to a report by Morocco World News.

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The report says Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology has issued an orange-level weather alert warning of a heat wave expected to affect several parts of the country from Monday through Wednesday.

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The report says many residents can expect temperatures between 41 C and 44 C during this time.

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The country has experienced recurring heat waves in recent weeks, according to the report.

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—Morocco World News

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