Andrea Dutton

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/22/heatwaves-climate-emergency-act-now

It’s not too late to avert the climate crisis from becoming even more deadly – but the window is closing

Fri 22 Jul 2022 06.22 EDT

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High temperature records are being obliterated across western Europe, some of which had been previously set during the heatwave in 2003 that is estimated tohave left tens of thousands dead. Raging wildfires aredisplacing thousands of people, one of the many compounding impacts of the climate crisis. This heatwave is another reminder that we have already breached unsafe levels of global heating.

As our planet warms, these lethal heatwaves will becomemore frequent and more intense. In fact, we may look back on these years as some of the coolest, compared with what will come if we do not…