New data from Copernicus Climate Change Service, said one campaigner, shows that the "natural systems we depend on are being pushed closer to their limits.”

Last month’s average global ocean surface temperature was the hottest ever recorded in the month of July, fueled in part by uniquely intense, fossil fuel-driven El Niño conditions…

The new analysis was released as western Europe and other regions faced deadly heat… as the international community, including the US and other leading polluters, fails to rein in fossil fuel use…

“Our leaders’ response has to be swifter and stronger than El Niño,” Anne Jellema, executive director an environmental group [350.org] said Monday. “We already know that global heating is supercharging extreme weather damage, and the public wants polluters to pay for it. With Big Oil’s earnings skyrocketing while a global food crisis looms, now is the time to act. The only way to stave off a humanitarian disaster is to make those causing it pay upfront—before even more damage is done.”

  • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Does it really count as a warning when the danger is already happening? Sorta feels like yelling “Hey watch out, you’re about to be stabbed” after the victim is already lying on the ground in a pool of their own blood