Can Europe’s historic cities survive a warming climate?
- This week was London Climate Action Week, an international event that brought researchers, leaders and activists to the British capital to discuss climate change.
- As delegates gathered in the city, they experienced the nature of the problem first-hand: temperatures in parts of the United Kingdom topped 36 degrees Celsius (97F), and London itself sweltered.
- The city clearly struggled to cope, as exemplified by an event scheduled to discuss extreme heat being cancelled because of the extreme heat.
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- This week was London Climate Action Week, an international event that brought researchers, leaders and activists to the British capital to discuss climate change.
- The city clearly struggled to cope, as exemplified by an event scheduled to discuss extreme heat being cancelled because of the extreme heat.
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- As delegates gathered in the city, they experienced the nature of the problem first-hand: temperatures in parts of the United Kingdom topped 36 degrees Celsius (97F), and London itself sweltered.
Sources: Al Jazeera