London Climate Action Week Foiled By Climate Change
Key takeaways
- “London isn't just calling – it's cooking,” said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, while giving a keynote speech at the event.
- The UK Met Office is expecting temperatures to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, a mark that would smash the June record and flirt with the hottest temperature ever recorded in the country.
- “Our infrastructure is not set up for this temperature,” says Katie Glaze, sustainability director for infrastructure consultancy Brookbanks.
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Photograph: PA Images/Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story London Climate Action Week was supposed to be a confab to figure out how to lower emissions. Instead, it’s a textbook example of how the world is being forced to adapt to increasingly extreme heat.
“London isn't just calling – it's cooking,” said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, while giving a keynote speech at the event.
The UK Met Office is expecting temperatures to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, a mark that would smash the June record and flirt with the hottest temperature ever recorded in the country. The UK isn’t alone: a deadly heatwave is sweeping across Europe, with countries shuttering schools and nuclear plants and rail operators curtailing operations to avoid overheating tracks.