“One thing that is a massive, undeniable factor that cannot be ignored is that we are constantly breaking heat records,” says one forecaster.
Europe is bracing for its first spell of hot weather this summer as Germany and the Nordics are set for unusually high temperatures next week.
The risk of heatwaves at the Paris Olympic Games has left organisers sweating about the safety of athletes. Spain is bracing itself for another blistering summer, releasing a new map to help with more accurate heatwave predictions. Cities across the continent are preparing with adaptations for extreme heat.
We’ve now had 11 record-breaking months of heat in a row and sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic have soared to their highest in at least 40 years.
So you can see why forecasts have warned that the continent could be in for another unusually hot summer – possibly even the hottest on record.
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Europe has been warming at twice the global average since 1991, according to recent data from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and EU climate agency Copernicus (C3S). The continent is “no exception” when it comes to the consequences of climate change with both agencies warning that Europe needs to do more to cut its emissions and transition away from fossil fuels.
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dizzy: Moving away from fossil fuels is the appropriate way to address the climate crisis. Anything else is not addressing the problem. In the UK that’s no more oil or gas licences and stopping Rosebank i.e no new fossil fuels.