![]() ![]() ![]() “As the climate crisis goes unchecked, extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and floods, are hitting the most vulnerable people the hardest,” says Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Released a month ahead of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27), Extreme Heat: Preparing for the heatwaves of the futuresays that, with climate change making heatwaves ever more dangerous, aggressive steps must be taken now to avert potentially recurrent heat disasters. ![]() Geneva, 10 October – Record high temperatures this year-which are fueling catastrophes in Somalia, Pakistan and around the world-foreshadow a future with deadlier, more frequent and more intense heat-related humanitarian emergencies, a new report warns. ![]()
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