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As a result of Earth’s continued warming, extreme weather events — including hurricanes, droughts, floods, and heatwaves — are becoming more intense and frequent
Tue, 01 Jul, 2025 - 01:00
It’s not as if we didn’t know.
With Europe experiencing temperatures as high as 46C in
Spain — and authorities in Portugal, Italy, Greece, and France issuing heat,
wildfire, and health warnings — the battle against climate change is moving up
a gear.
UN climate summit boss Ana Toni reminded us succinctly
that, over the next 100 years, “climate is our biggest war” and while she
admitted that the world is focused right now on various conflicts, humankind
cannot not be distracted from what will be its most important battle.
As the CEO of Cop30, the UN’s climate summit, Ms Toni is
right to express her concern that we have lost focus on those climate
issues which will determine the ultimate fate of the human race.
Unfortunately, while we fight amongst ourselves and pour
attention on the unnecessary carnage that has been wilfully created by malign
actors across the globe, our attention has drifted away from a war we must win.
The current heatwave follows a string of broken
extreme-heat records, including Europe’s hottest-ever March, according to the
EU’s Copernicus monitor.
As a result of Earth’s continued warming, extreme weather
events — including hurricanes, droughts, floods, and heatwaves — are becoming
more intense and frequent.
Deaths from warm weather could kill 129,000 people
annually if temperatures reach 3C above preindustrial levels. As of now,
heat-related deaths across Europe stand at 44,000.
As Brazil prepares to host Cop30 in Belem in November, the lack of international focus on climate issues is becoming an issue in its own right. Less than 30 of the 200 participating nations have even drafted plans, as required by the 2015 Paris agreement, to combat the worst effects of global warming.
We here in Ireland, holidaymakers aside, can be thankful for — so far — not experiencing the kind of conditions felt across Europe. But be certain, conditions here are changing and for the earth and its inhabitants, apathy won’t get us far.
الثلاثاء، 1 يوليو 2025 - الساعة 1:00 صباحًا
ذكّرتنا آنا توني، رئيسة قمة المناخ التابعة للأمم المتحدة، بإيجاز بأنه على مدى المئة عام القادمة، "سيكون المناخ أكبر حرب نخوضها"، وبينما أقرّت بأن العالم مُركّزٌ حاليًا على صراعاتٍ مُختلفة، لا يُمكن للبشرية إلا أن تُشتّت انتباهها عمّا ستكون معركتها الأهم.
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