UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for global action to tackle extreme heat, as 'extreme temperatures are no longer a one day, one week or one month phenomenon.'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the press on extreme heat at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 25, 2024. UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for global action to tackle extreme heat, as"extreme temperatures are no longer a one day, one week or one month phenomenon."
Highlighting the impact of extreme temperatures, Guterres noted a deadly heatwave hitting the Sahel with spiking hospitalizations and deaths, broken temperature records across the United States, scorching conditions killing 1,300 pilgrims during Haj, tourist attractions shut down in Europe's sweatbox cities, and schools’ closures across Asia and Africa impacting more than 80 million children.A tourist cools himself down during a heat wave in Dubrovnik, Croatia, July 9, 2024.
He urged leaders around the world to wake up and step up, including governments as well as the private sector, cities and regions, noting that"all countries must deliver by next year nationally determined contributions -- or national climate action plans -- aligned to limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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