The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN chief

© ILO/Bobot Go Construction workers walk along a road in Daan Hari, Philippines.

The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme heat, as global temperature rise continues unabated.


The appeal comes against the backdrop of record temperatures and deadly heatwaves – from the United States to Africa’s Sahel and Europe to the Middle East – that have killed several hundred people this summer.… Read the rest

Brutal heatwave cooks US south-west, an early sign of sizzling summer ahead

About 36 million people across the US are under excessive-heat warnings this week. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Gabrielle Canon in Oakland and Dani Anguiano in Chico, California

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer

With the official start of summer still weeks away, a record-setting heatwave is cooking the south-western US, causing dangerous conditions far earlier than normal.… Read the rest

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