The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that humanity is suffering from a "heat epidemic".
Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic – they are suffering under increasingly deadly heatwaves, says Guterres.
According to the EU's climate service Copernicus, July 21-23 were the three hottest days ever recorded. On Monday, the global average temperature was over 17.1 degrees.
Guterres once again urges humanity to fight against its dependence on fossil fuels.
Today, our focus is on the impact of extreme heat. But let us not forget that there are many other devastating symptoms of the climate crisis, he says.
Floods. Droughts. Forest fires. Rising sea levels. And the list goes on.
