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EU: Year of climate chaos for Europe in 2021
Last year, Europeans experienced the hottest summer ever recorded, with fires, floods and intense heat waves hitting the Old Continent, according to a report by European scientists published today (https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2021).
Summer temperatures were about 1 degree Celsius above the average of the last three decades, with Italy even recording 48.8 degrees Celsius – an unofficial record across Europe.
A particularly strong heat wave in the Mediterranean contributed to the outbreak of serious fires in Greece, Turkey, Italy … While record rainfalls caused catastrophic floods in Belgium and West Germany and claimed the lives of over 200 people.
The report, published annually by the European Agency for Climate Change Copernicus (C3S), is based on satellite observations, on-site measurements and computational models to provide an up-to-date picture of climate change in Europe.
“We are facing many challenges,” said Mauro Fazini, head of the Copernicus Unit for the EU. in order to prevent further global warming that would cause even more catastrophic weather.
Globally, the last seven years have been the hottest ever recorded. Last year, however, was a bit colder compared to recent years as temperatures were tempered by the La Niιαa phenomenon.
Although all countries have pledged under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C relative to pre-industrial levels, most have failed to make significant progress on global CO2 emissions last year. of carbon have recovered greatly, after their temporary reduction due to the pandemic.
Countries are already experiencing the consequences of inaction.
Climate scientists concluded last year that catastrophic floods in western Europe last summer were at least 20% more likely due to climate change – a fact that reflects a well-known principle: for every degree to which the temperature rises, it can be contained. % more moisture, increasing the chances of heavy rainfall.
“It’s one of the most visible and noticeable changes we’re seeing with global warming,” Wim Thierry, a climate scientist at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, told Reuters.
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