{"id":45960,"date":"2018-08-03T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/while-coping-with-the-heatwaves-we-should-act-to-reverse-them\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T22:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T22:13:40","slug":"while-coping-with-the-heatwaves-we-should-act-to-reverse-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ekoenergy.org\/es\/while-coping-with-the-heatwaves-we-should-act-to-reverse-them\/","title":{"rendered":"While coping with the heatwaves, we should act to reverse them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 2018 has been the hottest July ever registered in several areas of the northern hemisphere, bringing with it abnormal droughts, high wildfire risk and devastating sudden precipitation. The record temperatures of the past were beaten in the US, Canada, Japan and different countries of northern Europe – with even 10\u00b0C difference<\/a> between the first three weeks of July 2018 and the long-term average for the same weeks (based on 1981-2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many citizens, politicians and mainstream media are showing concern about the consequences this meteorological anomaly is having on public health, agriculture and animal welfare, not that many are joining the serious conversation about the reasons behind these ever-more-common heatwaves<\/a>. Whether we like it or not, human behaviour is partly to blame, and we must face the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab2018 is shaping up to be one of the hottest years on record, with new temperature records in many countries. This is no surprise. The heatwaves and extreme heat we are experiencing are consistent with what we expect as a result of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. This is not a future scenario. It is happening now<\/strong>,\u201d said WMO Deputy Secretary-General Elena Manaenkova<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a clear link between our intensive consumption of natural resources and our burning of fossil fuels, and the rise of the average Earth surface temperature in 2016 was almost 1\u00b0C higher than the 20th-century<\/a> average. This man-accelerated climate change is altering both terrestrial and marine habitats, having devastating consequences to the Earth\u2019s flora and fauna, as well as creating millions of environmental migrants forced to flee their homes in search for security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily changes we can all make<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that as we created the problem, we can also take action to minimise the damage caused. While other blogs might give you tips on how to cope with the heat – keeping hydrated, staying off the sun in peak hours, avoiding alcohol and caffeine, etc. – at EKOenergy we offer long lasting advice: how to reduce your CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n