What is much worse than the severe early summer heatwaves now breaking temperature records in Europe is the fact that top global leaders are much more focused on other matters such as waging war, the cost of living and immigration.
The United States is one of the worst greenhouse gas polluters causing dramatic climate change , yet President Trump is in denial. He blandly calls the existential threat of global warming a hoax.
Meteorologists say that the latest blistering Euopean heatwaves provide unequivocable evidence that global warming is here not only to stay but to get very much wore in the decades ahead.
In Portugal temperatures are forecast to drop in the coming days but have recently been in the high 30s nudging into the 4os, especially in central and southern inland areas. In the Algarve coastal resorts and towns, the daily highs have been generally up to 30 C ( 86 F) though it has felt warmer due to high humidity levels. Nights have cooled to around 20C or less. A record 40.3 C was set for the month of May, though no new records have been recorded this month.
The heat has been fierce in neighbouring Spain and France where temperatures have been soaring above 40 C in some places. Several June records have been smashed in France, Spain and even the United Kingdom. The UK has been experiencing historic June heat that has topped the high 30s.
What all of this tells us is that current international concern about global warming is grossly insufficient. It is high time that full attention is focused on using renewable energy sources and totally abandoning the fossil fuels that China, the United States, India and Russia are currently so dependant on.
Portugal has been leading the way in renewable forms of energy. It has replaced fossils such as coal and gas and now creates most of its electric with hydropower, offshore wind and solar sources.
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