could look at long—term observation records in europe and around the world and so on and around the world and so on and see how often events like this happen. what we see now at not only are coming far more frequently, they are becoming more extreme. extreme heat has higher temperatures, more extreme. extreme heat has highertemperatures, more more extreme. extreme heat has higher temperatures, more area fires are burning. extreme rainfall is becoming even more intense and the only plausible explanation is the fact that climate change is driving this change and extreme weather. looking at the whole world, are there any geographical areas of regions that were of particular concern or are particularly disproportionately affected by climate change? that disproportionately affected by climate change?— disproportionately affected by climate change? that is a very aood climate change? that is a very good point _ climate change? that is a very good point and _ climate change? that is a very good point and i _ climate change? that is a very good point and i think- climate change? that is a very good point and i think we - climate change? that is a very good point and i think we willl good point and i think we will have to watch temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average. that is being borne out now by the massive fires in russia. we are starting to see some melting of permafrost. the ice sheet is now losing ice at an accelerating rate so this is a hotspot in the system because