extreme weather

It's during blocked weather patterns when we tend to see more extreme weather such as heatwaves and droughts in the spring and summer.

Firms have been accused of paying dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives, while failing to invest enough money in the water infrastructure to cope with a growing population and more extreme weather.

The focus will be building support for climate action by focusing on tackling the impacts of extreme weather in local communities.

Delegates will be discussing how to reduce the mounting risks to energy arising from the wars in Europe and the Middle East, the ongoing trade war between the US and China, extreme weather, attacks on undersea cable and cyber warfare.

As I reread “Laudato Si” in the hours following Francis’ death, I was struck by his nuanced discussion of extreme weather and sea level rise, and the need to phase out fossil fuels — and his understanding that global warming isn’t just an environmental problem.