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03.07.26 - 10:33
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Europe′s Climate-First Policies Fuel Resistance To Air Conditioning As More Than 1,300 Die In Heat Waves (ZeroHedge)
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Europe's Climate-First Policies Fuel Resistance To Air Conditioning As More Than 1,300 Die In Heat Waves
Via American Greatness,
Europe continues to rely on alternatives to air conditioning even as deadly heat waves claim lives across the continent. Officials argue that expanding air conditioning is not a long-term solution.
France's record-breaking heat last week has been linked to about 1,000 deaths, most involving elderly people.
According to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Europe has recorded more than 1,300 excess heat-related deaths since June 21.
Despite experiencing fewer hot days than many other regions, it also records the highest number of heat-related deaths per capita.
A 2007 study found that air conditioning can reduce heat-related deaths by 75%. Even so, only about 20% of European homes have air conditioning, compared with roughly 90% of homes in the United States.
Rather than expanding air conditioning, many European officials have ...
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30.06.26 - 23:36
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′But we′re just 1% of emissions′: do smaller countries′ climate efforts matter? (The Guardian)
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Past and present leaders of wealthy nations such as UK and Germany have argued their actions are insignificantOn first hearing, it is a position that sounds reasonable. “When our share of global emissions is less than 1%,” Rishi Sunak argued when he was the UK prime minister in 2023, “how can it be right that British citizens are now being told to sacrifice even more than others?”Sunak is not the only world leader to have cited such figures while delaying cuts to pollution. In 2019, Scott Morrison, Australia's then prime minister, used his country's 1.3% of global emissions to reject any suggestion Australia was not “doing our bit” on climate breakdown. In July, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, pointed to his country's 2% share of global emissions while supporting loopholes in European climate targets. A few months later the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, followed suit, flagging the EU's 6% share. Continue reading......
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