The climate threat|Global challenges

Drought in Uruguay. Illustration image. Matilde Campodonico / AP 

The climate threat|Global challenges

New global heat record set for the second day in a row  

 

For the second day in a row, the global heat record has been broken, according to preliminary figures from the American authority NCEP, according to TT.  

 

The global average temperature was 17.18 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. It is 0.17 degrees warmer than the record set on Monday.  

 

Heat waves are taking place in several parts of the world, causing global temperatures to be unusually high. Scientists believe that climate change combined with the El Niño weather phenomenon is behind the heat waves. 

 

The old record was from 2016, and was 16.92 degrees Celcius.  

 

Heat waves in Texas, Antarctica and China. AP  

 

July 3 was the warmest measured day in the world so far  

 

Monday 3 July was the hottest day on record globally. This is according to figures from the US weather service US Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), reports Reuters.  

 

The average global temperature was 17.01 degrees Celsius. The warmest day before that was in August 2016 when 16.92 degrees were measured. 

 

- This is not a milestone we should celebrate. It is a death sentence for people and ecosystems, says Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London.  

 

Reuters writes that there are currently heat waves in the USA, China and in northern Africa. Even in Antarctica, temperatures are unusually high.  

 

According to climate scientists, the fact that it is so hot right now is the result of climate change in combination with the El Nino weather phenomenon.  

 

The police move on Greta Thunberg. Johan Nilsson/TT  

 

The climate threat|Sweden and the climate 

Greta Thunberg is prosecuted after climate action in Malmö 

 

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is charged after a climate action in the oil port in Malmö in June, writes Sydsvenskan. Thunberg is suspected of disobeying the authorities.  

 

During the action, around 30 trucks were prevented from driving in and out of the port.  

 

The police told the protesters to move, which some of them did not care. They were later dragged away by the police. An activist has already been prosecuted.