Firefighter Geo Mulongo (centre) finishes his water while taking a break during the Line Fire in Highland, California, September 6, 2024
FOR the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s been in human history, the European climate agency Copernicus said today.
The agency also said that for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5°C of warming compared to the pre-industrial average.
Director of Copernicus Carlo Buontempo said: “It’s this relentless nature of the warming that I think is worrying.”
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When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
