Burning more fossil fuels will lead to longer and worse heat waves. Many heat waves that occurred in July would have been virtually impossible without climate change.
The research team emphasized the need to act, both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to protect people from more frequent heat extremes.
“Such heat waves are no longer rare and the most important thing is, these extremes kill people, particularly destroying the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable,” OttoIn the short term, adaptations can include heat action plans and early warning systems, while longer-term strategies include changes to urban planning to cool cities or efforts to make the electric grid more resilient, Julie Arrighi from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center said at the press conference, asThe...
But it’s also essential to stop emitting greenhouse gasses. Otto endorsed the call for an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the upcoming COP28 UN climate conference in the United Arab Emirates. The summit has alreadycontroversy due to the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber — also the CEO of the UAE’s state oil company — to preside over it.
If such rapid action isn’t taken, “It could well be that this is what will be a cool summer in the future,” Otto said, asThe study authors found that heat waves as extreme as this summer’s could occur every two to five years if temperatures are allowed to rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.reported. “If we do not, tens of thousands of people will keep dying from heat-related causes each year.
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