Climate crisis intensifies: Record temperature for the 10th consecutive month
For the 10th consecutive month, in March, a new record was set regarding the average temperature recorded globally.
The air has warmed, the oceans have warmed, warn experts from the European Copernicus Agency.
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The extreme precipitation in some areas or drought in others, as well as the premature blooming of trees, are signs that the climate is changing worldwide.
And on April 9th, in an unprecedented decision, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a group of elderly women in Switzerland who complained that the state had not taken sufficient measures against climate change.
Since June of last year, record heat has been recorded globally month after month. For example, this March was nearly a degree warmer than the average recorded between 1991 and 2020.
Today in Bucharest, it was another summer day, even though we are only in April.
Iris Răducanu, meteorologist: "From the estimates we have for the next 4 weeks, it seems that temperatures will continue to remain higher than they should normally be".
The consequences are visible everywhere in the world.
The Spanish region of Catalonia is experiencing its worst drought in history. Authorities have been forced to declare a state of emergency in an area inhabited by six million people after water reserves fell below 16% of capacity.
Already the European climate monitoring agency Copernicus has issued an alarming report. From March of last year to March of this year, the hottest 12 months ever recorded on the planet have passed.
Carlo Buontempo, director Copernicus: "The temperature rise comes with rising sea levels, decreasing glacier levels, it generates the intensity and frequency of precipitation, drought, heatwaves, etc.".
And for the first time, the European Court of Human Rights has admitted the complaint filed by 2,000 elderly women against Switzerland, on the grounds that it has not imposed limitations on greenhouse gas emissions, endangering their lives.
If emissions are not reduced, the planet will continue to heat up, leading to severe drought, fires, heatwaves, but also heavy rainfall.
