March 25, 2016 – Kelowna Capital News The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) wants to spread awareness about water management. That was one of the main topics at ExSTREAMS: The Okanagan Water Story and You, Tuesday evening, a forum where…
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Water concerns in the valley
March 22, 2016 – Castanet What does the future of water look like in the Okanagan? A hundred people packed into the Laurel Packinghouse in Kelowna Tuesday night to find an answer. Coinciding with UN World Water Day, the discussions…
Think 2015 Was Hot and Weird? Get Ready for Worse, Experts Say
March 18, 2016 – DeSmog Canada B.C. faces a future of disappearing salmon runs, more wildfires and dying forests with a temperature increase of two or three degrees and it is time to adapt to a new reality, a panel…
Posted in In the News
Tags: Climate Action, climate change, climate variability, Desmog Canada, future, weird weather, wildfires
Tags: Climate Action, climate change, climate variability, Desmog Canada, future, weird weather, wildfires
Election 2015: Roll with the changes—make your politicians help
September 18, 2015 – Kelowna Capital news
International Water Forum returns to Osoyoos – drought, mussels, climate top agenda
Kelowna, B.C. – With a drought still gripping parts of B.C. and Washington, concerns over the possibility of a costly mussel invasion, and more, community members and agencies on both sides of the border are coming together to talk. The…
Okanagan Valley increasingly vulnerable to severe climate disruptions, says expert
Osoyoos Times – September 24, 2014 Humans have changed Earth’s life support systems, so in future, it’s vital we begin to manage our water resources more carefully, warns Robert Sandford, Canadian chair of the UN’s Water for Life initiative on…
Posted in In the News
Tags: Annual Meeting, Bob Sandford, climate change, Water and Biodiversity Research Forum
Tags: Annual Meeting, Bob Sandford, climate change, Water and Biodiversity Research Forum
Valley increasingly vulnerable to climate change, forum told
Daily Courier – September 19, 2014 Climate change is threatening the Okanagan, a forum on water resources heard this week. Robert Sandford, Canadian chairman of the UN’s Water for Life initiative on water policy, warned an audience at the Water…
How climate change creates extreme weather
CBC Radio One – September 16, 2014 A major conference is under way in Kelowna looking at Okanagan Water and Biodiversity. It’s hosted by UBC Okanagan and the Okanagan Basin Water Board. One of the keynote speakers is Robert Sandford,…
Full agenda for Okanagan Basin Water Board
Vernon Morning Star – September 10, 2014 Considerable work continues within the Okanagan Basin Water Board. Among the issues facing the agency are population growth, civic and federal elections, new B.C. water regulations, climate change and recent court rulings recognizing…
Experts share worry for climate change in Penticton
Penticton Western News – November 21, 2013 Extreme weather events like those behind this summer’s Alberta floods are the new norm and highlight the need for governments here to take climate change seriously, a water expert warned this week. Robert…
Climate change will result in more catastrophic weather events, says expert at water board AGM
Osoyoos Times – September 11, 2013 Climate change is going to result in larger and more frequent catastrophic weather events across Canada and around the world and the only way to reverse this frightening trend is for world leaders and…
Unpredictable weather is the new normal
Kelowna Capital News – September 10, 2013
Extreme weather in the forecast
September 7, 2013 – Kelowna Daily Courier
Valley must protect its water
Westside Weekly – July 14, 2013 Pressures to spike demand for water dramatically by 2030. Devastating floods in Alberta and a deluge in Toronto highlight the fact that climate change is here, a climate change expert told Okanagan audiences on…
Climate expert urges Okanagan residents to conserve water
The Daily Courier – July 12, 2013 Water demand expected to increase 30 per cent by 2030. Recent devastating floods in Alberta and this week’s deluge in Toronto highlight the fact that climate change is here, says a global warming…
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