Devastating flooding across Vancouver & nearby areas that endured record heat & wildfires earlier this year. As climate change loads the weather dice against us, atmospheric rivers dump more rain, heatwaves are more intense, wildfires burn more area...and people suffer.
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1460779798188462085
Climate change affects the safety of our homes, the air we breathe, the food we eat and everything we depend on for our health, and well-being, and life. That's why ... 
And though we all suffer, we don't do so equally. Those who have contributed least to the problem, right here in North America as well as on the other side of the world, bear the brunt of the impacts. We see this in Texas ... texastribune.org/2021/02/19/Tex…
... we see it globally earth.stanford.edu/news/climate-c…
And we see it in our largest cities, including in the Pacific Northwest, where historically redlined low income neighbourhoods can be much hotter during heatwaves than better-off neighbourhoods in the same city. planetizen.com/news/2021/07/1…
Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating natural weather disasters and amplifying social crises. It stands between us and a better future in every sense of the word.
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