Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat: Assessing and Addressing the Risks

Scientists from Climate Central, World Weather Attribution and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre identify in their report 'Climate Change and the Escalationof Global Extreme Heat: Assessing and Addressing the Risks' human-caused climate change as a key driver for record-breaking global temperatures and dangerous extreme heat in the past 12 months. The high temperatures during among others heat waves in Southern Europe in the summer of 2023 would never have occurred without human-induced climate change. Besides attribution of heat waves to human-induced climate change, the report also discusses aspects of heat impacts and actionable solutions to reduce those impacts.