{"id":23042,"date":"2022-07-20T11:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=23042"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:03:32","slug":"we-are-sleepwalking-towards-the-edge-says-greta-as-uk-sees-hottest-day-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/20\/we-are-sleepwalking-towards-the-edge-says-greta-as-uk-sees-hottest-day-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018WE ARE SLEEPWALKING TOWARDS THE EDGE,\u2019 SAYS GRETA AS UK SEES HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/banner_image_1x_xl\/public\/2022-07\/GettyImages-1241992420-uk-europe-heatwave-climate-emergency.jpg?h=8433b095&amp;itok=zfRDnmKa\" alt=\"A sign indicating that a store is closed due to an ongoing heatwave is seen in London on July 19, 2022.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A sign indicating that a store is closed due to an ongoing heatwave is seen in London on July 19, 2022. (Photo: Sebastian Gollnow\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritize profit and greed over people and planet,\u201d said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_author\/public\/2021-06\/kenny-stancil-commondreams-bw-200x200.png?h=55541bb6&amp;itok=y1MfFltz\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/kenny-stancil\">KENNY STANCIL<\/a>&nbsp;July 19, 2022 (ColmmonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As the United Kingdom<\/strong>&nbsp;endures its hottest day on record amid Europe\u2019s unprecedented and ongoing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2022\/07\/18\/heatwave-europe-unitedstates-records-uk\/\">heatwave<\/a>, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg warned Tuesday that the worst is yet to come\u2014unless people around the world work together to dislodge the profit-maximizing economic system that is endangering life on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not \u2018the new normal,&#8217;\u201d Thunberg wrote on social media. \u201cThe climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritize profit and greed over people and planet. We are still sleepwalking towards the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not \u201cthe new normal\u201d. The climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritise profit and greed over people and planet. We are still sleepwalking towards the edge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BNp35yU8lS\">https:\/\/t.co\/BNp35yU8lS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1549352210277990400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunberg\u2019s comments came as temperatures in Britain exceeded 40\u00baC (104\u00baF) for the first time in recorded history and continued to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such life-threatening conditions are consistent with climate scientists\u2019 long-standing and oft-repeated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2021\/07\/26\/climate-crisis-will-bring-more-record-smashing-heat-waves-coming-decades-study-says\">warnings<\/a>&nbsp;that heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather disasters will increase in frequency and intensity as long as greenhouse gas emissions, driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, continue to soar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/jul\/19\/uk-weather-record-hottest-day-ever-heatwave\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading, said the record was a \u201cgrim milestone\u201d and part of a \u201cslide into unknown territory for humanity as we heat our planet.\u201d She urged \u201cevery politician who is calling for a watering down of climate policy to explain their thinking.\u201d<\/p><p>Nigel Arnell, a professor of climate system science at Reading, said emergency heat health alerts like the one in place for much of England could happen every two to three years by the 2050s, and more frequently if the world remains on track for temperatures to rise by over 2\u00baC by the end of the century.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just the U.K. that is being scorched. Large swaths of the Northern Hemisphere\u2014from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/biden-considers-declaring-climate-emergency-amid-heat-apocalypse\">Europe<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/scorching-heat-expected-resume-baking-china-this-week-2022-07-18\/\">Asia<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/150083\/heatwaves-and-fires-scorch-europe-africa-and-asia\">North Africa<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2022\/07\/14\/texas-oklahoma-heat-wave-plains\/\">North America<\/a>\u2014are suffering under the weight of brutal heatwaves and devastating wildfires. More than 1,100 heat-related deaths have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/07\/17\/over-1000-die-record-breaking-heat-wildfires-scorch-europe\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;this month in Portugal and Spain alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunberg\u2019s stark warning about the world\u2019s current trajectory toward an even hotter future echoed Monday\u2019s unequivocal message from United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a choice,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/07\/18\/collective-action-or-collective-suicide-un-chief-pleads-real-climate-response\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Guterres. \u201cCollective action or collective suicide. It\u2019s in our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need a concrete global response that addresses the needs of the world\u2019s most vulnerable people, communities, and nations,\u201d he added. \u201cThis has to be the decade of decisive climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sign indicating that a store is closed due to an ongoing heatwave is seen in London on July 19, 2022. 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