China News Service, July 16th (Zhang Naiyue) Today is the first day of entering ambush, and the "baking" mode continues in many places across the country.

Looking at the world, there are not a few countries that have encountered abnormally high temperatures.

Smoke rises from a fire in a forest in the Gironde department of France on July 12, 2022.

　　On the 15th, the UK Met Office issued the first-ever extreme high temperature red warning, and France, Japan, the United States and many other places continued to set high temperature records.

The high temperature has even caused glaciers to collapse, wildfires spread, and life-threatening, this summer is becoming the "deadliest season".

Heat coming 'earlier and more violently'

　　This year's high temperature, earlier than usual, and more violent.

Data map: A glacier in northern Italy loosened and triggered an avalanche, causing many deaths and injuries.

　　In Italy, due to unusually warm weather, the Marmolada glacier, the largest glacier in the north, collapsed, causing many deaths, injuries and tragic disappearances.

The glacier reached temperature levels "usually seen in mid-August" in early July.

　　In the United States, Texas has experienced four heat waves since the beginning of summer.

Dallas has been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit every day since July 3.

The high temperature day after day has put enormous pressure on the power grid, and many regions had to take turns to lose power.

　　In some parts of Spain and France, the temperature reached the level of July and August of previous years in mid-June.

　　Unusually hot weather is endangering human health.

　　In Japan, 15,657 people were sent to the hospital due to heat stroke in June, the first time that the number exceeded 10,000 since statistics began in 2010.

At least 238 people have died from heatwaves in Portugal in just over a week.

Some hospitals are already overwhelmed by the heatwave.

　　The sweltering heat also exacerbated the drought.

The water level of Italy's longest river has dropped to its lowest level in 70 years, which has had a severe impact on agricultural irrigation, with several towns experiencing nighttime water cuts.

An ancient village at the bottom of the North Yorkshire Reservoir has dropped due to high temperature.

　　High temperatures can also fuel the spread of wildfires.

A recent fire in southern France has burned about 800 hectares of woods south of Bordeaux.

About 6,000 campers were evacuated overnight after another fire burned about 180 hectares of pine trees near the Pila Dunes, Europe's highest dune.

More than 70,300 hectares of forest in Spain have been wiped out since 2022, which is almost double the average of the past decade.

Survive the "Deadliest Season"

　　In the face of various threats posed by high temperatures, the US "Capitol Hill" said with emotion that in most of human history, winter has always been the cruelest season for survival.

But now, summer is turning into "the deadliest season".

Readings from a thermometer on a street in Madrid, Spain, on July 15, 2022.

　　In order to eliminate the impact of high temperature as much as possible, countries have come up with countermeasures.

　　In the UK, government officials have convened a "cobra meeting" to deal with extreme heat, discussing the possible dangers of soaring temperatures and emergency response plans, and calling on the public to pay attention to groups most vulnerable to heat - the elderly, people with cardiovascular disease and children .

All ambulances in England and Wales are on maximum alert level as soaring temperatures pose a health risk to the public.

　　In France, the Gironde province announced the cancellation of all public events in outdoor or non-air-conditioned places until the end of the heat, and enhanced care for the elderly and disabled.

　　In the U.S., the National Weather Service has issued a heat alert for 125 million Americans and issued a special statement reminding residents to be alert for signs of heat stroke and to rest indoors as much as possible.

　　In the face of high temperature, the Japanese government is struggling to issue electricity-saving requirements to the whole country, while calling on the public to prevent heatstroke, not to save electricity reluctantly, and to use air conditioners reasonably to tide over the difficulties.

Unprecedented "omens of the future"

　　The climate background of the continuous high temperature in the northern hemisphere is undoubtedly related to global warming.

Data map: The chimney of a coal power station in Missouri, USA, smokes in the setting sun.

　　The sixth assessment report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) pointed out that global warming in the past 50 years is occurring at an unprecedented rate since the past 2000 years, and the instability of the climate system is increasing.

　　Behind global warming, greenhouse gas emissions cannot be effectively controlled.

　　Human-induced climate change has increased global temperatures, exacerbated extreme weather and climate, and affected seasonal rainfall and temperature patterns.

The World Meteorological Organization pointed out that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, global warming will be even greater, and what we are currently experiencing is only "a harbinger of the future".

　　In April of this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that if emissions reduction measures are not taken as soon as possible, climate warming will flood many large cities around the world, and will also lead to "unprecedented heat waves, storms, widespread water shortages and Extreme phenomena such as the extinction of millions of animals and plants” appeared.

　　However, today, when the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues for a long time and the energy crisis is becoming more and more severe, many countries have taken a "turn back": the United States has restricted the government's power to issue regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, and many European countries plan to return to the coal era. In Japan, the government also said it would restart several thermal power plants to ensure a stable supply during peak power consumption.

　　Refocusing on "more polluting" energy sources such as coal and oil will undoubtedly run counter to the goal of the Paris Agreement to control the increase in global temperature through carbon reduction and emission reduction.

The various disasters caused by the current high temperature have sounded the alarm for governments around the world.

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