We cannot slide into record-breaking summer after record-breaking summer, sedating ourselves with Mr Whippy ice-cream, until the crisis reaches a point where it will occur to no one to suggest a lower-tog duvet as the solution. The deluge delivered in the US by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 was made three times more likely by climate change. Carbon Brief analysed more than 230 studies and found 95% of heatwaves were made more likely or worse by climate change. It is now undeniable that global heating is causing more extreme weather. Yes, tackling wider climate change by reducing emissions should be the pre-eminent priority.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2019 11:41 UTC