The pattern is linked to observed global warming that may be caused by human activity, raising serious concerns about the planet’s future, the UN weather agency said.
“We expect to see major impacts on agriculture. During previous heat waves in Europe we lost large parts of the harvest. And in the current situation – because of the war in Ukraine we already have a global food crisis – this heat wave will continue. it will have an additional negative impact on agricultural activity,” warned Petteri TaalasThe WMO Secretary-General is pressing here to release the latest extreme weather observations.
In several countries, some sectors of the economy – including tourism, which has only just begun to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic – are suffering as a result.
“The negative climate trend will continue at least until the 2060s, regardless of our success in curbing the climate,” Taalas added.
Taalas reflected a growing concern about extreme weather patterns, he told reporters in his sartorial choice on Tuesday, opting for short sleeves and a red and blue tie in recognition of increasing red alerts across Europe.
The WMO informed reporters that the European heat wave may not end until the middle of next week.
The WHO explained that the heat wave also acts as a kind of atmospheric cover that binds pollutants and degrades air quality, with adverse health effects especially for vulnerable people such as the elderly. A major heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed around 70,000 people, UN News reported.
“Climate change affects our health in many ways, not just through heat waves, which have direct consequences,” but also in other areas of essential health care, such as an increase in disease. Maria NeiraWHO Director of Public and Environmental Health.
He explained that reliable access to food and water is at stake, as is the level of agricultural production.
He said 99 percent of the world’s population breathes air that does not meet the health standards set by the WHO, which greatly affects chronic respiratory and heart diseases.
โThe best solution to this is, again, to be very ambitious in tackling the causes of this global warming.
“We have been warning for a long time that climate change will greatly affect people’s health,” he emphasized, which will also affect the fight to achieve net carbon dioxide emissions and the decisive transition to clean, renewable energy sources.
Due to the ongoing heat wave in the coming weeks and the subsequent challenges to the health systems, the deaths of the elderly and the elderly and those suffering from medical conditions are feared to keep up with the growing demand.
Source: ANI
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