100º - get used to it
Trust my luck to be packing up my house during one of Europe’s most intense heatwaves. The Guargian in the UK is saying 100º - get used to it
Britain experienced its hottest July day on record last week and forecasters say more is to come as climate change tightens its grip on the country. Global warming experts claim that by 2050 temperatures will regularly top 40ºC and warn that our health and infrastructure will be unable to cope.
All over Northern Europe people are feeling the heat.
Last week’s heatwave in France is estimated to have killed 21 people, including a 15-month-old baby. And then there is the impact of the heat on Britain’s ageing buildings which were never meant to withstand such a climate. Chris Twin, of engineer Arup and an adviser to the UK Climate Impacts Programme, said: ‘As things stand, the majority of buildings will need to be torn down or installed with air conditioning.’
Of course installing more air-con is hardly the answer to climate change. Talk about pouring fuel on the fire. — DS
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