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The EU and heads of EU countries

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We experience wildfires and deadly heat waves because our leaders are still not taking the right actions and decisions regarding climate change. You need to take urgent action and reduce your planet-heating emissions to avoid the worst-case climate scenarios.

Why is this important?

We face the real and current consequences of climate change. France, Spain and Portugal caught fire. The heat wave of temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius happens not due to the natural course of things. It is because governments are still not taking the right actions and decisions regarding climate change.

Authorities across Europe are battling to control huge wildfires. More than 1 000 deaths have been attributed to the nearly week-long heatwave in Portugal and Spain so far. [1] Since May, Europe has been among the fastest “heat wave hot spots” in the world. Forecasts show no sign of abating. [2]

European and world leaders must protect our forests as a key line of defence against climate change. We need to treat this as the emergency that it is and push for urgent action. There is still time to limit the disruption and stay on course to avoid the worst-case climate scenarios. [3]

References:

  1. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-climate-change-affects-everyone---europe-battles-wildfires-in-intense-heat/47759550
  2. https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/ifrc-warns-growing-heatwave-europe-could-have-tragic-consequences
  3. https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/global-heatwaves/

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