A new report by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario begins to shed some light on the financial impact that climate change will have on the storm and wastewater infrastructure of Ontario communities.

In an effort to accelerate housing development, the provincial government has introduced legislation with a slate of proposed changes to wetland policy throughout Ontario. However, environmentalists and water resources professionals are highlighting the dangers of developing wetlands - fragile ecosystems which naturally provide valuable flood mitigation services.

Sea-level rise is the cause of ongoing erosion of coastlines around the world (for a devastating example see the P.E.I. coastline before and after Hurricane Fiona).

But climate change will also have a huge impact on the basic water balance of coastal areas (e.g. groundwater-surface water interactions, depth to groundwater) and these impacts will likely extend much further inland than shifting coastlines.

A new financial report by Manitoba Hydro illustrates the impacts that drought can have on the energy generation. In 2021 Manitoba (which generates >95% of it’s electricity through hydroelectricity) saw its worst drought in decades, resulting in a net loss of $248-million for Manitoba Hydro (a swing of $367 in net earnings year-over-year). What does the future spell for Manitoba, Quebec, B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador, provinces which rely heavily on hydroelectricity to meet consumer electricity demand?

2022 has been a devastating year for flood related catastrophes; heavy rains and rising waters have caused havoc in countries around the world including Nigeria, Venezuela, Australia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

60% of America is in a designated drought zone, with conditions set to worsen over the winter as we experience the third consecutive year of La Niña conditions - the rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña.

British Columbia is a case study on the paradoxical effects that climate change exerts on stressed hydrologic systems - a mixture of catastrophic flooding and severe drought.

A series of CBC News articles which highlight the impacts that draught and historic low water supply levels are having on communities and industries across Canada.

A CBC News feature which explores the impacts climate change is having on the Peace-Athabasca-Delta, and the ways that the Indigenous peoples of the Delta are adapting.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) said the levels at Whitemans Creek, a cold water tributary that leads into the Grand River between Paris and Brantford, is below 50 percent of normal levels for the summer

CBC News explores the longstanding boil water advisories impacting residents in 160 small communities across Newfoundland.

CBC News explores the longstanding boil water advisories impacting residents in 160 small communities across Newfoundland.

A new report by GHD, titled Aquanomics, begins to quantify and forecast the economic impacts that the world’s economies will face as a result of climate change effects on hydrologic systems. “Much of the Canadian industry is dependent on water. If [the] availability of water is reduced as a result of increasing [extended] periods of droughts, then that is expected to have a significant impact”

Future streamflows will become more variable and unpredictable, even in regions where precipitation is not forecasted to change significantly due to climate change. This variability will be driven by periodic precipitation events interacting with receding snowpack, melting earlier in the season.

Future streamflows will become more variable and unpredictable, even in regions where precipitation is not forecasted to change significantly due to climate change. This variability will be driven by periodic precipitation events interacting with receding snowpack, melting earlier in the season.