Temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius! An estimated 500,000 people die annually due to heat waves…Destructive power of the “killer heat wave” hitting various parts of the world
World average highest temperature record set on July 22
The UN Secretary-General Guterres made the shocking statement at a press conference on July 25.
Extreme temperatures are spreading and dangerous heat waves are occurring in many parts of the world, with temperatures reaching as high as 50°C (122°F). The estimated death toll is 500,000 per year. More than 70% of the working population, or 2.4 billion people, are at risk from the heat wave.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU’s weather information agency, the global average temperature on July 22 was the highest recorded since 1940. Monthly temperatures have been the highest for 13 consecutive months until June of this year. In New Delhi, the capital of India, the temperature rose to nearly 53°C this summer.
The cause is our dependence on fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Burning fossil fuels produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and other gases, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases. The atmosphere absorbs more heat than ever before, causing enormous damage through record-breaking rainfall, floods, droughts, and wildfires. This is the most serious situation mankind has ever experienced.
