“Climate events that used to be considered extraordinary are now happening on a regular basis,” said Mariagrazia Midulla, head of climate and energy at WWF Italy.
Post Date – Saturday, July 23 at 10:30am
Rome: According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, temperatures in June 2023 significantly surpassed the previous temperature record for that month, which was set in 2019.
The department was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the temperature in June was 0.5 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature for the same month from 1991 to 2020. “Climate events that in the past were considered extraordinary are now occurring regularly,” said Mariagrazia Midulla, head of climate and energy at WWF in Italy, which had to endure extreme weather events last year. .
“This trend is frightening and there are signs that this trend will continue,” Midura told Xinhua. She expects more frequent heat waves, droughts and floods, as well as gradual rise in sea levels. This will have a negative impact on the global economy and society. This year’s heat was caused by a combination of factors other than a gradual increase in greenhouse gases, including the emergence of an El Niño weather pattern. Joeri Rogelj, professor of climate science at the Grantham Institute, said: “With El Niño amplifying the effects of climate change in the coming months, we expect to see more global temperature records being broken.” “But even without El Niño, the temperature trends are extremely worrying.”
