{"id":27599,"date":"2023-07-28T13:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27599"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:12:35","slug":"un-chief-proclaims-era-of-global-boiling-as-july-set-to-be-hottest-month-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/un-chief-proclaims-era-of-global-boiling-as-july-set-to-be-hottest-month-ever-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Proclaims ‘Era of Global Boiling’ as July Set to Be Hottest Month Ever Recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres discusses climate change at U.N. headquarters in New York City on July 27, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Ed Jones\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We can still stop the worst,” U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres insisted. “But to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 27, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As new data released Thursday showed that July is all but certain to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the heads of the United Nations and its meteorological agency joined scientists and activists in underscoring calls for “climate action and climate justice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said<\/a> Thursday that based on globally averaged surface air temperatures, “the first three weeks of July have been the warmest three-week period on record and the month is on track to be the hottest July and the hottest month on record.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These temperatures have been related to heatwaves in large parts of North America, Asia, and Europe, which along with wildfires in countries including Canada and Greece, have had major impacts on people’s health, the environment, and economies,” the agencies added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking at United Nations headquarters in New York Thursday morning, U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said: “We don’t have to wait for the end of the month to know this. Short of a mini-Ice Age over the next days, July 2023 will shatter records across the board.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“All this is entirely consistent with predictions and repeated warnings,” he continued. “The only surprise is the speed of the change. Climate change is here, it is terrifying, and it is just the beginning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The era of global warming has ended and the era of global boiling has arrived,” Guterres asserted. “Humanity is in the hot seat.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For vast parts of North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, it is a cruel summer. For the entire planet, it is a disaster,” he added. “And for scientists, it is unequivocal\u2014humans are to blame.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded.

The consequences are tragic:

Children swept away by monsoon rains.

Families running from the flames.

Workers collapsing in scorching heat.

No more hesitancy or excuses.#ClimateAction<\/a> – now.https:\/\/t.co\/yQhWo26Uom<\/a><\/p>— Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (@antonioguterres) July 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>