Heatwaves bring deaths, floods and more
The heatwaves have come early this year. The week starting 13 June saw wildfires in Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, and Morocco, and temperatures in continental Europe over 40ºC, breaking several records. Between March and May multiple weather stations across India and Pakistan recorded temperatures between 45 and 50ºC. Climate scientists have said that such extreme temperatures are now 30 times more likely than in pre-industrial times. It will get worse, by an additional factor of between two and twenty times, if we exceed 2ºC of global heating. Above a certain combination of heat and...