The Canadian province has experienced extreme temperatures this summerBritain will experience more frequent extreme rainfall and regular 40C heatwaves even if the world meets the most ambitious UN target for limiting global warming, scientists have warned. Professor Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, said that a small increase in the global average temperature would trigger many more events similar to the flooding in London on Sunday, which forced a hospital to move out its patients. SponsoredHeatwaves reaching 40C — a temperature never recorded in the UK — would become a regular occurrence with only another 0.3C of global warming, she added. The global average temperature has increased by about 1.2C since pre-industrial times. The 2016 Paris Agreement set a target under which nations agreed to “pursue efforts” to limit warming

Source: The Times July 28, 2021 23:37 UTC