World Meteorological Organization: European heat waves will continue to affect high temperatures for decades

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, July 19 (Reporter Liu Qu) The World Meteorological Organization said on the 19th that the heat waves that are currently sweeping Europe will continue until next week, and the negative impact of climate change such as high temperature will continue until the 1960s.

Robert Stewasky, the director of the World Meteorological Organization Application Climate Services, said at a press conference held at Geneva, Switzerland on the 19th that from the perspective of all models of partners at all models in the country and region The mid -week period will end.

The Secretary -General of the World Meteorological Organization Peter Tallas said at the press conference that at 11:00 on the 19th local time, Britain reached the highest temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius, and it is expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius later that day.

Tallas said that due to climate change, new high temperature records and heat waves are becoming more and more frequent. According to the data of meteorological organizations, the current scale and degree of heat waves will become more and more frequent in the next few decades, and the negative trend of climate change will continue until the 1960s, which has nothing to do with people's success in slowing climate change.

Tallas warned that in addition to seriously affecting human health, extreme high temperature weather will also have a further negative impact on agricultural activities, exacerbating the current severe crop production caused by Russian -Ukraine conflicts.

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