Heat waves will happen more often until 2060s

Heat waves will happen more often until 2060s – UN

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 21, 2022 12:04 am

HEAT waves like the one stifling western Europe are becoming more frequent and the trend is set to continue until at least the 2060s, the United Nations said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

The current heat wave should act as a wake-up call for countries pumping ever more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said.

A firefighter wave in front of a wildfire raging in the Monts d'Arree, near Brasparts, Brittany, north-western France on July 19, 2022. A heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time after regional heat records tumbled in France. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

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