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Summary

The table below (Table 1) provides a summary of the predicted changes to climate indicators in
British Columbia . Climate change is already occurring, and impacts will only worsen in the future .

Table 1 . Projected changes to various climate indicators for Southern Coastal British Columbia .

Parameter Future Changes

Heat and Cold

Mean air temperature

Extreme heat
Cold spell
Frost

Wet and Dry
River flood

Heavy precipitation
Hydrological drought
Agricultural and ecological drought

Landslide
Fire weather

Wind
Mean wind speed

Severe wind storm
Snow and Ice

Snow, glacier and ice sheet
Lake, river and sea ice
Snow avalanche
Coastal

Relative sea level

Coastal flood
Coastal erosion
Marine heatwave

Ocean and lake acidity

Projected trends indicated by arrows: indicating increasing, indicating decreasing . Bold ( )
indicates high levels of confidence in the trends for the future . Non-bold ( ) indicates medium levels
of confidence . Information is based on the model projections and the best available information that
is contained in the IPCC Working Group 1: Sixth Assessment Report . Table adapted from the IPCC climate
regional summaries for the Western North American and North-Western North America regions accessed
from the IPCC Interactive Atlas tool . The trends presented apply on a large regional scale and may vary on
a localized scale . Details for the methods behind the IPCC Interactive Atlas are available here .
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