Heatwave in Europe
Italy recorded a temperatures of 48.8 degree Celsius in Sicily on Wed 8 Aug 2021.
Why are temperatures higher in Europe between July and August?
What are the impacts of heatwave?
Where are the areas affected by the heatwave in August 2021?
What can be done to mitigate climate change?
How can we play a part in mitigating climate change?
Wild fires on the rise
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58130893.amp
Read the IPCC report on climate change which warns of increasing temperatures, extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding.
IPCC report key points
- Global surface temperature was 1.09C higher in the decade between 2011-2020 than between 1850-1900.
- The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850
- The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared with 1901-1971
- Human influence is "very likely" (90%) the main driver of the global retreat of glaciers since the 1990s and the decrease in Arctic sea-ice
- It is "virtually certain" that hot extremes including heatwaves have become more frequent and more intense since the 1950s, while cold events have become less frequent and less severe
Almost every nation on Earth signed up to the goals of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. The pact aims to keep the rise in global temperatures well below 2 degree Celsius this century and to pursue efforts to keep it under 1.5 degree Celsius.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705
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