{"id":50897,"date":"2021-11-18T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=50897"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:22:09","slug":"b-c-floods-show-urgent-need-for-action-on-climate-change-fossil-fuel-phase-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/50897\/b-c-floods-show-urgent-need-for-action-on-climate-change-fossil-fuel-phase-out\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Floods Show Urgent Need For Action On Climate Change &#038; Fossil Fuel Phase Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s happening right now in British Columbia is heartbreaking and terrifying.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The images coming out of the flooding in BC are heartbreaking ?? <br><br>Here&#39;s a series of photos that captures just a glimpse of the damage that several communities are dealing with &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sBRHHTJV87\">https:\/\/t.co\/sBRHHTJV87<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFlooding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCFlooding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritishColumbia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritishColumbia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8jrHDeoCm\">pic.twitter.com\/p8jrHDeoCm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Canada (@GreenpeaceCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceCA\/status\/1460767152877842432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Follow CBC photographer Ben Nelms if you aren&#39;t already. Absolutely staggering images from the lower mainland. Hard to get your head around the sense of damage here.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bcpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bcpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFloods?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCFloods<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VJc1BCMmHb\">https:\/\/t.co\/VJc1BCMmHb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Torrance Coste (@TorranceCoste) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorranceCoste\/status\/1460726359345426433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Record-breaking<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-evening-update-bc-search-and-rescue-continues-flooding-threatens\/\"> rainfall<\/a> followed by massive flooding has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. At least one person has been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/rescuers-with-dogs-start-looking-victims-canada-landslides-2021-11-16\/\"> killed<\/a>, and at least two more are missing. Homes are underwater, highways have been washed out, railway lines are down. Vancouver, home to over a half a million people and Canada\u2019s busiest port, has<a href=\"https:\/\/biv.com\/article\/2021\/11\/bc-highway-washouts-closures-severely-strain-supply-chains-running-through\"> lost<\/a> its primary road and rail connections to the rest of the country. Highways could take<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulHaysom\/status\/1460635080905351173\"> weeks or months<\/a> to reopen, and some industry sources are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/rescuers-with-dogs-start-looking-victims-canada-landslides-2021-11-16\/\"> saying<\/a> rail services could be down for weeks.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four months ago the Trans Mountain pipeline route was on fire. Now it&#39;s sliding down mountainsides and into rivers. Maybe we should take the fucking hint. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTMX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTMX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCStorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCStorm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ClimatePete on Bluesky (@Climate_Pete) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Climate_Pete\/status\/1460135093675040773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Only a few months ago B.C. was suffering from a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/49182\/were-bcs-horrific-heatwave-and-wildfires-caused-by-climate-change\/\"> climate-fueled heatwave and wildfires<\/a>. These fires have actually increased the harm caused by the floods, by making the natural landscape<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/16\/canada-floods-fires-logging-british-columbia\"> less able to absorb water<\/a>, and by subjecting B.C. communities to yet another disaster when they were still reeling from the last one. After Lytton, B.C. was burnt to the ground in this summer\u2019s climate fires, many residents were relocated to nearby Merritt, B.C. But now Merritt is under an<a href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/floodwaters-force-evacuation-of-merritt-parts-of-abbotsford-and-other-b-c-communities-1.5666455\"> evacuation order<\/a> due to flooding and those people have had to relocate yet again.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These photos are three months apart <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qr5JAt0eIH\">pic.twitter.com\/qr5JAt0eIH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cole Schisler (@SchislerCole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SchislerCole\/status\/1460284334204620804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Climate Crisis Is Here<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>These disasters are a reminder that the climate crisis is here, and it\u2019s destructive and deadly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The B.C. floods are connected to climate change in<a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2021\/11\/weather-whiplash-in-canada-extreme-rains-hit-wildfire-devastated-british-columbia\/\"> several<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-first-fire-now-floods-why-bc-is-trapped-in-a-world-of-climate-extremes\/\"> ways<\/a>. The most direct involves the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatesignals.org\/climate-signals\/atmospheric-river-change\">atmospheric river<\/a>\u2019 which carried moisture from the Pacific Ocean and dumped it on B.C. in torrential rains. Warm air can carry more moisture, and warm oceans can release more moisture into the air, so as the climate warms the atmospheric rivers we experience in Canada are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43017-020-0030-5\"> expected<\/a> to get more intense.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Indeed, climate change-fueled intense rainfall and catastrophic flooding in B.C. were both predictable and predicted.<\/strong> The Toronto Star, for example, ran a detailed<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.thestar.com\/climate-change-canada\/british-columbia\/\"> piece<\/a> in 2019 about the risks climate-fueled rainfall and flooding could pose to B.C. A 2016<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrovancouver.org\/services\/air-quality\/AirQualityPublications\/ClimateProjectionsForMetroVancouver.pdf\"> report<\/a> projecting climate change impacts for the Metro Vancouver region warned of \u201cstronger and more frequent extreme rainfall events\u201d and that \u201cthe largest increases [in precipitation] will occur in the fall season.\u201d The report also warned \u201cextreme rainfall events may be beyond the frequency and intensity of events for which we are currently prepared. If they were to be managed by our current infrastructure, we could expect periods of flooding, damage to property, and risks to human health\u2026 Extreme precipitation events may also affect slope stability, increase erosion and risk of landslides, and cause flooding in low lying areas. This may cause damage to personal property and public infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For climate context on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFloods?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCFloods<\/a>, check out this 2016 report on how the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateCrisis<\/a> will impact Vancouver region: more rain, especially during the fall and in stronger &amp; more frequent extreme rainfall events. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/16Rpti4FAr\">https:\/\/t.co\/16Rpti4FAr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZA9edk2wNe\">pic.twitter.com\/ZA9edk2wNe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alex Speers-Roesch (@alexsroesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsroesch\/status\/1460613941357428743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Climate change has also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-first-fire-now-floods-why-bc-is-trapped-in-a-world-of-climate-extremes\/\"> made the flooding worse<\/a> by driving wildfires that alter the soil and remove vegetation to make the landscape less absorbent.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/16\/canada-floods-fires-logging-british-columbia\"> Bad forestry practices<\/a> such as clear cutting have also destroyed old growth trees that help suck up rainwater and mitigate flooding. The forestry industry and the province of B.C. have degraded critical living infrastructure that could have helped reduce the flooding, and were even<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/logging-climate-change-bc-report-1.5895220\"> warned<\/a> this is exactly what would happen.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/3DDvzaI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PROTECT OLD GROWTH FORESTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>The devastation in B.C. is a heartbreaking illustration of how the climate crisis is a health crisis, an economic crisis, a human crisis.<\/strong> Lives have been lost and upended, homes destroyed, whole communities left in ruins. The shutdown of the Port of Vancouver, which moves<a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/local-news\/supply-chain-woes-from-b-c-flooding-to-reverberate-in-alberta\"> $550 million<\/a> in goods every day, may exacerbate supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and could<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.citynews.ca\/2021\/11\/16\/flood-impacts-canadian-supply-chains\/\"> drive up food costs<\/a> for Canadians and even globally. It\u2019s a reminder that fighting climate change and protecting the environment are not a matter of \u2018environment vs. economy\u2019, because the environment is in fact the foundation on which our economy and our lives are built.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This footage out of Merritt is heartbreaking. <br><br>The entire City of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Merritt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Merritt<\/a> is now under an evacuation order due to surging floodwaters from the Coldwater River.<br><br>The city\u2019s mayor is urging residents to stay calm.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmconServicesBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EmconServicesBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFlood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCFlood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCStorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCStorm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6R25Z61P2\">pic.twitter.com\/k6R25Z61P2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alanna Kelly (@AlannaKellyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlannaKellyNews\/status\/1460320256367345668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did we get into this terrible situation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>It\u2019s really important to remember that <strong>climate disasters are not accidents<\/strong>. Scientists have been warning about the dangers of climate change for decades, and for just as long people have been trying to bring in policies that would reduce emissions and avert the crisis.<\/p>\n\n<p>But the fossil fuel industry has consistently and very effectively used its tremendous political power to block, water down and delay sensible climate policies that would reduce emissions, simply because they didn\u2019t want to sell fewer products. They have been doing this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/stories-53640382\">for decades<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/oilpatch-energy-sector-emissions-cap-alberta-1.6233353\"> they<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/46333\/spilling-the-tea-on-climate-change-villains-your-weekly-gossip-on-oil-and-gas-industry-scandals\/\">are<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/30\/climate\/exxon-greenpeace-lobbyist-video.html\">still<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/43575\/leaked-document-details-industrys-secret-plan-to-defeat-clean-fuel-standard-fighting-climate-change-is-a-losing-battle\/\">doing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/47071\/ministerial-briefing-note-shows-how-canadas-natural-resources-ministry-is-captured-by-the-oil-industry\/\">it<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/2020\/04\/17\/capp_covid_memo\/\">now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chatted w CTV news at the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26<\/a>. It\u2019s no accident Canada has missed every emissions target so far. That\u2019s the fossil fuel industry&#39;s influence on our politics. To tackle the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateCrisis<\/a> we have to take on &amp; phase out the FF industry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgFoKwNzH7\">https:\/\/t.co\/wgFoKwNzH7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alex Speers-Roesch (@alexsroesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsroesch\/status\/1455162404489338880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>The fossil fuel industry has many allies and enablers who share responsibility for the climate disasters we\u2019re seeing. Conservative politicians like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/45955\/jason-kenneys-career-funding-foreign-campaigns-against-climate-action\/\">Jason Kenney<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-harper-says-canadas-climate-change-policy-unfairly-singles-out-certain\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thenarwhal.ca\/doug-ford-ontario-environment-explainer\/\">Doug Ford<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-harper-says-canadas-climate-change-policy-unfairly-singles-out-certain\/\">Stephen Harper<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thenarwhal.ca\/doug-ford-ontario-environment-explainer\/\"> <\/a>have used their power and influence to attack climate action. Both Liberal and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stand.earth\/publication\/Canada-climate-energy\/lng-and-fracking-bc\/subsidizing-climate-change-how-bc-gives\"> NDP<\/a> governments continue to shower the oil and gas industry with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/publications\/oil-gas-pipelines-green-recovery-canada\"> billions<\/a> in public subsidies and supports (the Trudeau government even<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/16745\/greenpeace-responds-to-canadian-governments-decision-to-buy-kinder-morgans-trans-mountain-pipeline\/\"> bought a pipeline<\/a>). Just this week, as B.C. suffers from catastrophic flooding, RCMP officers are being deployed to Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en territory to force construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenarwhal.ca\/wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink-explainer\/\">Coastal GasLink pipeline<\/a>. This is part of a larger pattern of fossil fuel colonialism that\u2019s driving the climate crisis. The Big Canadian banks\u2014RBC, TD, CIBC, BMO, Scotiabank\u2014have<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/46186\/canadas-big-banks-are-bankrolling-the-climate-crisis\/\"> poured<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/49591\/canadian-banks-defying-climate-science-by-increasing-fossil-fuel-finance\/\"> hundreds of billions<\/a> of dollars into the fossil fuel industry over the past 5 years, including the Coastal GasLink pipeline, and show little sign of slowing down. And there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-trudeaus-emissions-cap-reminds-oil-producing-provinces-of-his-fathers\/\">many<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/gunter-why-wont-otoole-speak-up-on-trudeaus-new-emissions-cap\"> more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">URGENT UPDATE &#8211; Dozens of RCMP have deployed onto Wet&#39;suwet&#39;en territory<br><br>A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and 50 officers equipped with camo duffel bags.<br><br>(THREAD) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jpz2vfPOAo\">pic.twitter.com\/Jpz2vfPOAo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gidimt\u2019en Checkpoint (@Gidimten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gidimten\/status\/1461118628854702088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>But the good news is the fossil fuel industry is in retreat. Thanks to tremendous activism from<a href=\"http:\/\/priceofoil.org\/2021\/09\/01\/new-report-indigenous-resistance-disrupts-billions-tons-emissions\/\"> Indigenous land defenders<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-49856860\"> climate-concerned youth<\/a>, and countless others (perhaps including you!), the fossil fuel industry\u2019s stranglehold over our politics is loosening and we\u2019re seeing more climate action from many levels of government.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019re still facing a terrible climate crisis, as the events in B.C. show, but if we can continue to grow our movement we can defeat the fossil fuel industry and finally bring emissions down to zero.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What you can do<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Now is a critical time to come together to support impacted communities and demand action to stop the fossil fuel pollution that\u2019s driving these disasters.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe don\u2019t want pity. We want action.\u201d &#8211; Patrick Mitchell, Chief of the Kanaka Bar First Nation<\/em><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Decades of empty promises &amp; inaction from politicians like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> laid the foundation for the destruction of Lytton, BC.<br><br>So we travelled there this week to ask Lytton fire survivors: what would you say to world leaders at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26<\/a>?<br><br>Powerful words from Patrick Mitchell? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0siiUQ9hC\">pic.twitter.com\/z0siiUQ9hC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Canada (@GreenpeaceCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceCA\/status\/1456332952334442498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Here are some actions you can take:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Support impacted communities<\/strong>: communities in B.C. need our support right now. Offer a helping hand where you can, donate to worthwhile fundraisers, and make sure our leaders are listening to impacted communities and attending to their needs.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Join the movement<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.ca\/en-ca\/coastalgaslink\"> <strong>Sign our petition<\/strong><\/a><strong> to support Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Land Defenders and call on the Big Banks\u2014TD, RBC, BMO, CIBC, and Scotiabank \u2014to stop pouring financial fuel on the climate fire and start respecting Indigenous rights.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Become a climate activist<\/strong>: the climate crisis can\u2019t be solved just with one or two actions, so we all need to make acting on climate part of our lifestyles. <strong><em>Becoming a climate activist is the most important lifestyle choice you can make to stop the climate crisis<\/em><\/strong>. Every week, take a political action for climate: share an article, call your MP,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/act\/volunteer-with-greenpeace\/\"> volunteer<\/a> for an environmental organization. The more you do it, the easier it will get, and the bigger impact you\u2019ll have.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbbotsfordBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AbbotsfordBC<\/a> was facing catastrophe last night due to extreme flooding and an overwhelmed dam system. Despite that, the town and its neighbours came together overnight to avoid the worst. <br><br>The climate emergency is scary; the people are amazing, incredible, inspiring ?\u2764\ufe0f?\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xL9A0yBxQZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xL9A0yBxQZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fatima Syed \/ @fatimabsyed.bsky.social (@fatimabsyed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fatimabsyed\/status\/1460997766805610504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>The climate crisis will keep getting worse, disasters like what is happening in B.C. will get more frequent and more intense, until we phase out the fossil fuel industry that\u2019s causing the climate crisis. We CAN beat the fossil fuel industry, but we can only do it if we act together. 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