every ten years in europe and once every five years in china. and basically it is a pretty grim picture if nothing changes. and of course what they are urging is that things change. and that is to say that the amount of greenhouse gases is reduced. right now the overall global temperatures around the world stand at about 1.2 degrees celsius over the three industrial age. and they are increase every year. if they get up to 2 degrees celsius, that is to say that they believe scientists think that you will have these kind of events every two to five years. and they are urging their people adapt basically, that there be better urban planning, better coordination between social services and hospitals and better prediction of heatwaves. and of course the reduction of greenhouse gaseses is what they are urging the most. jim and linda, thank you
raging for a week prompting the largest ever evacuation evident. let s go to linda in athens. jim bittermann is in paris. linda, tourists are still flying in, which seems bizarre. reporter: it does seem a little bizarre, you re right, because things are not looking good in greece at the moment. we have a big fire in rhodes raging for over seven days and evacuations are still under way. biggest evacuation ever in greece has already taken place. we understand that more people are leaving the island. it is a little bit chaotic actually the information that is coming out of there concerning who is going where. but certainly about the fire, the news is not good. more villages have been evacuated. and we heard from people who were evacuated in the middle of the night and it remains to be
seen if they will be able go back to their hotels and their homes. now, in athens where i am, the acropolis behind me is receiving its last visitors for a number of hours because it has been shutting down during the hottest part of the day for a number of days until now as greece goes through the prolonged heatwave. we expect temperatures today and tomorrow to reach maximum and then to drop on thursday. this is a time that the firefighters are waiting for authorities to see if they will be able to contain the flames that continue to rage in three main fires. there is one on the island that almost burned down completely two years ago. and so until thursday, it seems like the weather conditions and sweltering heat will continue here in athens. linda, thank you. jim, you ve been looking at this
markets? we re going to have to wait and see here. but that is the big question that a lot of the people will have. at the moment when you were speaking to elinda in athens the greek banks are set to reopen after more than a week long of being shuttered with people able to get out about 60 euros a day. and these 20-year-old bank notes which means they are only able to get smaller amounts. and look at the ftse mib in milan, how can the ecb limit the contagion. greece is one of 19 members in the single currency union and the politicians are saying the ecb is independent as any good and decent central bank should be but it shouldn t prop up insolvent countries forever.
translator: after five years of despair in greece, the public has to escape from this harsh program and vote no, so things in greece can change. for more of those i spoke to, only one clearly understood the question. if we agree with the program proposed by the europeans, the greek government or not. it s not about the euro. it s not about europe. because greece is inside europe and this is something that cannot be changed by any referendum or by anybody s opinion. this is a fact and this is the history, so what we are about to vote is clearly if we agree with this proposal or not. whichever way the outcome is, one thing is certain. this will have repercussions right here in greece and far beyond its borders. lisa suarez cnn, athens greek. we re join now by linda in