The climate threat|Europe's heat waves

 

The heat hits large parts of the world. TT 

 

The climate threat|Europe's heat waves  

Heat, war and export freezes – the threats to food are piling up  

 

The heat in southern Europe means that cows produce less milk than normal and that tomatoes are destroyed. At the same time, the drought will hit the grain harvest.  

 

Extreme weather is one of several threats to global food production. This is written by Bloomberg, which also highlights the collapsed grain agreement in Ukraine and India's export freeze for rice. 

 

For consumers, the many factors can cause the price in the grocery store to continue upwards. 

 

- Prices do not fall when inflation slows down. They just rise more slowly, says Tim Benton at the think tank Chatham House in London.  

 

According to The Guardian, scientists believe that global warming is a threat to the entire global food supply. John Marsham, professor of atmospheric research at the University of Leeds, says that in the long term there is a risk of crop production collapsing simultaneously in several parts of the world. 

 

- As a human being, if you are rich enough, you can go in and turn on the air conditioning. Ecosystems and cultivated ecosystems cannot do that. 

 

Tourists in Athens. Petros Giannakouris / AP  

 

Scientists on the climate: "Are on unexplored ground" 

 

Hottest day on record, hottest June on record, extreme ocean heat waves and record low sea ice in Antarctica. The BBC goes through several records set during the summer and how they can be linked to climate change.  

 

Thomas Smith, a researcher at the London School of Economics, says he does not know of a period where all parts of the climate system have been in such great change.  

 

- Earth is on unexplored ground.  

 

Climate scientist Friederike Otto at Imperial College London says it would be wrong to call what is going on a "climate collapse". We are in a new era, but according to her, there is still time to "secure a livable future for many".  

 

Giorgos Barberakis sits next to his shipyard that was destroyed in one of the forest fires in Greece. Petros Giannakouris / AP  

 

The Greeks may face the hottest weekend in 50 years  

 

Greece may face the hottest July weekend in 50 years, writes AFP.  

 

- Athens will have temperatures of over 40 degrees for six to seven days, says Panagiotis Giannopoulos, meteorologist at the television channel ERT.  

 

It is described as "exceptional" that the heat lasts so long in the capital. In the region of Thessalia it is expected to be 45 degrees. 

 

According to the rescue service, 79 forest fires are raging in the country. Western Attica, Laconia and the tourist island of Rhodes have been worst hit, according to the BBC.