The heat is on, time for our governments to start planning
France announces the adoption of a plan to prevent the effects of heatwaves, a phenomenon whose frequency is expected to double by around the year 2050, and which are directly linked to the evolution of the climate emergency.
We are being told that the temperature rise around the world will lead to some kind of new normal that we can adapt to, but the reality will be one catastrophe after another in the years to come that will cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and displace millions of people. India, the most populous country in the world, with a climate that makes it very vulnerable to this type of phenomena and with many areas of the country with very low average incomes that do not allow to prepare for them, has already experienced, like its neighbor Pakistan, devastating heat waves, and it is estimated to be one of the countries with the highest risk of suffering an extreme weather event that will affect millions of people.
We should remember that these types of catastrophes are by no means exclusive to developing countries: in 2021, the United States experienced several extreme weather events that left hundreds of victims; and the same has happened in Europe last year, even in countries like the United Kingdom, where heat waves were once rare. Soon, heat waves will begin to be given names, a clear indication…
