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Climate change: politicians must be held to account ahead of COP26

Against a backdrop of catastrophic extreme weather on five continents, the stakes could not be any higher. In Siberia, 320,000 people have been ordered to stay indoors to avoid choking on fumes from forest wildfires. Floods in Europe have claimed at least 200 lives. Henan province in China saw eight inches of rain falling in just one hour. Experts fear record-shattering temperatures across North America have killed more than a billion sea creatures. Where the last COP summit ended in disappointment, the cost of failure this time will be devastation. A Glasgow climate agreement must deliver action, in the here and now, not just more distant targets. But unbelievably the UK Government could still approve a brand new oil field off the coast of Shetland, just weeks before COP, risking any credibility it claims as host of the talks.

Global average temperature predicted to temporarily ris

Global average temperature predicted to temporarily rise above tipping point in next five years by Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick July 22, 2021 Global average temperature predicted to temporarily rise above tipping point in next five years by Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick July 22, 2021 Some time in the 2030s, it is projected, the global average temperature will have increased from pre-industrial levels by 1.5°C. For South Africa to avoid the multi-year droughts, severe heatwaves and extreme weather events expected to accompany this change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be radically reduced and soon.

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