The death toll from record-breaking temperatures in Europe is rising, with Portugal alone reporting more than 1,000 deaths from the latest heat wave, which is now moving eastward.
a major incident on Tuesday as firefighters battled several major fires across the city, from Wembley in the north to Croydon in the south. Scores of residents were forced to flee as houses, vehicles and grassland were engulfed in flames, with smoke clouds billowing out over parts of the River Thames.
Tinder dry conditions and extreme heat have sharply increased the chance of wildfires spreading, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate monitoring service. A sizable part of Western Europe in “extreme fire danger,” itAlong with increased carbon emissions from the wildfires, Copernicus scientists are warning that “very high levels” of ozone pollution caused by the heat wave could affect northern and western Europe in coming days.
At low altitudes, ozone is one of the main elements of urban smog, according to Mark Parrington, a senior Copernicus scientist. “The potential impacts of very high ozone pollution on human health can be considerable both in terms of respiratory and cardio-vascular illness,” he said in a statement.As some experts pointed to the role of human-influenced climate change in the record-shattering temperatures, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres convened a “moment for nature” on Tuesday.
“Our ways of life — based on producing, consuming, discarding and polluting — have brought us to this dire state of affairs,” Guterres“But, since human activities are at the root of this planetary emergency, that means we also hold the key to the solutions. Now is the time to transform our relationship with nature and chart a new path,” he added.
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