Heatwave in Asia: How to cope with extremely hot weather? | DW News Desk

A record-breaking heatwave is scorching South and Southeast Asia. How are people in the region coping with the dangerously hot weather? And what can cities do to keep people cool?
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome and panel introduction
6:40 Record temperatures across South and Southeast Asia
12:30 What's causing the heat?
14:38 El Nino pattern especially bad this year
18:30 Long-term planet warming
19:22 Importance of heat adaptation
22:20 Socio-economic impact of heat
23:21 Situation in India
25:20 Heat index vs wet bulb temperature
29:30 How heat-prepared are governments?
34:00 Chat check
35:00 How can poor people deal with heat?
37:30 Staying hydrated
39:00 Cooling down overheated cities
45:50 How expensive are cooling solutions
47:10 Creating green spaces
48:45 Are governments committed to heat plans?
50:10 The state of global climate action
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[@newplayer483]

Many dogs died too because they were chained under the sun without water. Please don't chain your dog outside 🙏.

[@simmods3361]

😭😭😭💔💔💔

[@professionalboycottservice7872]

Poor hot dog

[@joshuawaddell9247]

It will be humans en masse in the next few years. I love dogs. But people will be dying on an industrial scale.

[@shweeaimsoe1607]

Myanmar is also range 39C to 44C n no power is available. 4 hrs on and off in a day only for capital city. However, There is no power at all for all provinces in myanmar n nobody wants to highlight about it. We r dying with heats n coup here😢.

[@DonZenOfficial]

Aw… I am sorry you have to deal without any a/c. Please stay hydrated I hope you find relief.

[@joshuawaddell9247]

You guys need to overthrow your government. Aung Sung su ki or however its spelt sucked. 20 years of house detention, missed her husbands death, then didn't get anything done. I'm actually not blaming her, it just wasn't the new day we all hoped it was. I lived in SEA for over a decade in Thailand mostly. My friend is an economist for the Junta, paid a fortune while you guys starve and in the UK. I do not agree with his decision to work with the Junta.

[@shannono9158]

🙏

[@tambukaka]

It's so hot here in the Philippines. Classes are suspended for three weeks now. We live near the shore yet the temperature peaks at 47°C.

[@frankietatcanbearrange3874]

I'm from Singapore we are experiencing temp at 34 degrees, I used spray bottles at hand every few minutes but this is not enough, I wet my arms and legs too and let it air dry!

[@HelHathNoFury1111]

It was 38 degrees last year. I soaked a cloth and put it on my head and another around my neck. I poked a small hole in a water bottle and sprayed myself with it. Good luck!

[@ahsh9755]

43 degrees Celsius in Chapai, Bangladesh. And humidity makes it worse, feels like 47 degrees Celsius.

[@r.a.6459]

This year was hot too but last year felt even hotter, where the heat index topped 52°C. Never saw that high this year but it's still unbearably hot. I still remember last year's Eid prayer - came out of surau after prayers finished at 8:45am and it felt like it's already 11:00am.

[@springal3139]

My armpits r often sticky.😄

[@Blitzmzx]

34 degrees lucky for you. Here in Philippines we’ve experienced heat index of 50 degrees. I have my AC turned on 24/7 since April 😂

[@superplash8400]

I'm from Philippines. Two days ago , temperature in manila was 38.8 degrees , an all time high , there was even a town here that recorded 40.3 degrees. As of heat index , 53 degrees two days ago is highest , yesterday, 51 degrees.

[@freeheeler09]

Wow, very dangerous temperatures. We are in a dry region that gets that hot each year. But the air is much dryer, so it is easier to endure. Stay safe!

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

What? 38,8C? Your all time high is lower than London! London had above the 40C few summers ago. My city in southern Europe had 44,7C as it's record back in 2003. Though it's a dry heat here. The moment you get some shade here, you are good. Cause zero humidity here during the summers.

[@portalkey5283]

​@Just_another_Euro_dude yeah dry heat is bearable compared to the dangerous combination of high humidity + hot temperatures.

[@daryldeal]

​@@Just_another_Euro_dudebut the Philippines is always hot and humid, so yeah there you go. 🥵🥵🥵

[@MiyashiruX]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude You shouldn't compare dry heat to humid heat. As you've said, shade can all but eliminate the heat danger. You cannot hide from humid heat unless you're using an AC.

[@EasternAmerica]

I am sorry to hear this. Hot enough when I visit during the winter in the Philippines. Hope the temperatures improve throughout Asia 🙏

[@martabak4622]

im from Indonesia, this is madness i cant sleep without AC anymore now

[@softsunset]

real!! same in philippines 😰

[@theprinceofallsaiyans5830]

Try not using AC. Its making you a weak to heat.

[@MultiWorld2000]

Thanks God ,today in West Malaysia temperature reducing from above 40 degree Celsius to 33 degree celcius due to heavy rain 🌧!

[@pearlyung]

Wet bulb temperature is already bad at 31°C

[@r.a.6459]

You know it's too hot when an electric fan makes it hotter.

[@souravsana974]

How

[@Turretdown_Hero]

It always does

[@souravsana974]

How

[@Turretdown_Hero]

Uses electricity which makes heat

[@souravsana974]

And coil size must be very big, to create heat my celling fan name is Atomberg

[@kedynguyen]

Unbearable in Vietnam guys!

[@RishTheMan]

Only a few degrees bit cooler in the Philippines.

[@user-yk3kv3tm1c]

Now in Phan Thiet Vietnam at 22.45 still 32C. During the day 38C in the shadow.

[@jakehands]

I was there a few years ago and road temp was 47c.

[@sharkymoon422]

Thailand mad weather.. Controlled for sure, they can make it rain, they can make it hot..

[@DonZenOfficial]

I really hope we all get some relief, being too hot is unbearable without any a/c. If it’s cold we can always put on more layers. But the extreme heat is really detrimental for society. Nobody can really do anything productive in extreme heat

[@Silks-]

I notice in the comments it’s full of manipulation. Writing this to reassure you there are still normal people watching that appreciate what you’re doing. Thanks guys, your take on the situation is spot on.

[@Silks-]

We don’t have long left

[@tambukaka]

To make your house a little bit cooler you can put water on shallow basin at the corners of your house. Evaporation is a cooling process. As water evaporates, it absorbs heat from its surrounding air.

[@theprinceofallsaiyans5830]

I dis this and my house burned down. 😕

[@SerbaSerbiKristen]

Indonesia juga terasa panas apalagi ini menjelang Mei

[@ahsh9755]

43 degrees Celsius in Chapai, Bangladesh. And humidity makes it worse, feels like 47 degrees Celsius.

[@jonc67uk]

It's the humidity aspect that worries me. You're getting awfully close to unsurviveable wet bulb temperatures.

[@Lumi-OF-Model]

India has terrible future

[@blandingscastle3729]

Your turn coming soon. 😅😅

[@lalodaniels1388]

I know their climate is only getting worse and intolerable.

[@daryldeal]

Not only India. The whole world.

[@shekharss674]

You are already terrible.

[@nhatuphong1579]

Same in Vietnam, especially for the under-average income

[@Mark-jk3cv]

Thank you DW!

[@christianeno3879]

Great program!

[@softsunset]

58:44 is so important. Thank you for touching on these points 🥺

[@henrietta3819]

I've heard some people say well, what can we expect, the people who have the power to make changes are very comfortable in their ac'd homes and don't think it really affects them

[@MM-tj3ko]

Trees, shade and lawn help considerably. I can feel the difference between built-up urban and rural areas of Malaysia

[@lowerastral1963]

27.22° C here in Chattanooga, Tennessee the day before yesterday, April 29, 2024. It's not supposed to be that hot this time of year. Not even close.

[@joeleonard9965]

Seeing celsius used for Chattanooga messes with my brain

[@r.a.6459]

Americans still use °C for CPU temperatures despite using °F for everything else.

[@ronzombie6541]

It's so hot mi sushi spoiled!

[@eksbocks9438]

It's been the same here in Missouri. About 80°F (27 Celsius) last week. Which was very unusual for the month of April.

[@vladnickul]

@@ronzombie6541 your brain is fine.

[@horstreichel6210]

It's not only happens this year...this goes on for years and just increase year by year. Normal temperature in April in Thailand was around 40C.

[@_AlanXD]

I'm from southern vietnam, we are getting to temperature of 44°c degree on some part, anyone with an AC usually put it on alot while people who can't afford one or just trying to save energu bills take a midday rinse and drink lots of cold water, the heat is quite unbearable

[@eksbocks9438]

A lot of these guys are hard-working, honest people. I really hope they can get through this situation.

[@B.D.E.]

Wtf kind of comment is that? Most humans are hard working, it's the default.

[@portalkey5283]

​@@B.D.E.depends who you ask. Needing to work outside in unbearable heat vs needing to work outside in temperate weather could be different.

[@James-eq8cq]

@@B.D.E. Incorrect, if you look in North America, most Gen Zs are very unproductive/lazy. This is backed up by the fact that there's been a labour shortage for years for minimum wage work, and yet a lot of young people aren't filling those positions.

[@RebeccaTreeseed]

11 years ago I moved to 7000' elevation. Last summer I had 4 heatwaves with Phoenix, but P hit 113F and I hit 93F. I am working on adding a bedroom to my root cellar. I suggest a root cellar, even small. Mine is 10x12, the food is along the back, coolest, wall. It stays in the 50sF. No power cooling, warmer in the winter.

[@clintstinkeye5607]

I live in an arid area and evaporation definitely offers a cooling effect. I've had noticable relief misting myself with spray bottle of water. Water soaked clothing works, too. I don't have any cooling strategy for humid environments.

[@jakehands]

I lived in Vietnam for a number of years and the worst times were during heat waves with power outages. I would wake up in a pool of sweat.

[@ariadgaia5932]

I missed the live stream... but here in Tokyo the summers are terrible. I fainted twice in 2022... ended up in the hospital the second time. Last year I reduced how much I work during the hottest times, August and September. It helped, but my wallet took a hit. This year I've transferred to an office much closer to home, so hopefully things will be better.

[@user-mv5ek8ix9o]

from northern canada I love climate change

[@rioluna6058]

Yes this is great news... Is not like Canada need the rest of the World. Is not. Like your uquality of life Will also decline... 😁

[@FargoFalls]

Thailand is really feelin' it- I've lived here for 13 years and I've never seen the rains start this late (they still haven't started) and the heat is hovering around 43C-46C with around 35% humidity. When I was in Sudan it was hotter than this, but like you always hear- it wasn't so bad since it was a dry heat, so you could cool yourself with a bit of shade or a fan. In Thailand right now, if you don't have A/C, you'll just melt and even the water in the pipes makes for hot showers when you want to cool-off.

[@silvinamastroiaco7635]

In the summer we had 40 degrees of heat in Patagonia Argentina. I think January was unbearable, we drank a lot of water. But if they don't plant trees this is not going to improve.

[@joshuawaddell9247]

That guy was like "I got to the petrol station and pour water on myself. There is nothing else I can do." He is wearing long sleeves and pants, I think he is a motorcycle taxi so you would think protection. But its just clothes not kevlar pants and top. He is literally wearing too much clothes and saying its hot.

[@carinwiseman4309]

Please improve sound quality. Hard to hear and understand when sound is reverberating from remote computer.

[@miggybalba1328]

Walking outside makes me dizzy now which never happened to me before since I have high tolerance to heat.

[@amandant]

Do you think the eruptions of mount ruang yesterday can lower the temperature in the region? Its on indonesia, south east asia

[@henrikgustav2294]

37° in kuala lumpur. Has never happened before

[@silvinamastroiaco7635]

In Patagonia Argentina, I personally make compost and we plant vegetables, separating the garbage. I think that if all families plant at least two or three trees the situation will improve.

[@Tvmaxsrilankan]

It's quite burning hot 🔥🔥🔥 out here in Sri Lanka.

[@tjpatton8562]

I know it WAS a live broadcast but why did you upload it afterwards with 20 minutes of dead air?

[@EC-gq4xx]

In the Philippines, the weather bureau (PAG-ASA) regularly reports heat index, not just temperature. It's called "feels like" temperature.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Heat index refers to what temperature it "feels like". Wet bulb temperature refers to the body's ability to cool by sweating.

[@noviting6976]

If you live alone, I guess it's not harmful to just wear underpants at home. Use fan, spray our body with water every few minutes and let it air dry.

[@visheshl]

I live in India, generally the climate where I live doesn't get too hot, but this time the temperature is crossing 41 degree Celsius. Generally here the hottest temperature is around 37-38 degrees.

[@neothaka]

We had a day of 39 degrees in the south of Taiwan in the middle of April.

[@LisaCrutcher]

It's 28.3 c here in Athens, AL. I can even feel the radiation filter in.

[@sinsathya5560]

in Phnom Penh, people complain about high temperature, as for my personal experience I usually take a bath every hour during day time luckily I have enough water for use

[@firstset7415]

Welcome to the beginning.

[@Turretdown_Hero]

And this might be the coldest year for a really long time

[@daryldeal]

😰😰😰😰

[@user-iv7uj3gz7p]

One solution is ; throughout cities to countries , must have large air conditioned buildings for anyone to go into for relief from extreme heat . Air condition buildings for any person to go and not hassled at all to seek relief. It is not summer yet this is spring time . Must provide air conditioning buildings for anyone to seek comfort from extreme heat . Food , water , bedding. Good luck . And allow people with dogs and cats also .

[@handsomenumber1393]

Bit chilly in Bradford.

[@bobbiipin]

I literally cannot cope here in Bangkok without AC

[@sarojakrieg4780]

Tress ate like blankets it protect you from hot and cold

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

Thai/Laos/Khmer border area all about 40°C for days!

[@lucca_lee]

I dont feel the different cause I live in the AC room almost all the time. Well its warm all year round in Bangkok ; 35c feels like 46c due to humidity if it 43c and feels like 43c then I consider its better but Im not gonna feel it anyway because as I said I live in AC room almost all the time.

[@sharkymoon422]

The fact they seed cloud for 60 years, probably means this is either deliberate or a back lash from seed clouding for 60 years..

[@Paopao621]

Im currently doing my best to get my family out of this country, hope i can move somewhere cooler in the future, this hot weather will not go away and will become even worse.

[@nelsonta00]

Title's got to be a little more specific about where in Asia. Last I heard Guangdong was flooded.

[@ma.celialaureno2157]

Here in the Philippines classes are suspended cause children collapse in school. People buy airconditioners and more electric fans. Even the air produced by the electric fan is hot. Power outtage is also numerous because electric connections blowup due to over usage. The government advises the people to stay indoors during 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and if you can't stay at home you should cover up yourself, use umbrellas and keep hydrated. It is normal to see people just fall down while walking. Even at night, its continous to be hot.

[@SamofTaprobane]

In Sri Lanka, it's always 'Feels like 40C'. Not easy

[@davidcerullo7976]

I am guessing that the reporters on this topuc are not suffering from the heat. In fact, I am surmising they do not even break a sweat going from the studio to their cars to their homes 😅. Thats my take.

[@Episode1_season5]

Every summer that comes seems hotter than the previous one. I have dreaded the summer months now unlike when I was younger. May has just started and April that passed was so uncomfortably hot already. I wish for intermittent rain to cool the days ahead... Lord God, have mercy on us....

[@lalodaniels1388]

I live in California, and the weather is perfect here. I love it.

[@daryldeal]

Not everyone can just go and live in California.

[@lalodaniels1388]

@@daryldeal True.

[@cts]

Whats that with Tim und Struppi (Tin Tin) @32:50 ? 😁

[@vanman757]

I know, yeah ?! It just came on for a minute & then went back to those in the studio talking about climate change ?! 😁

[@vanman757]

They've just apologised for it, anyway... Ha, ha, ha.... 👊🏻😀👍🏻

[@TomWaldgeist]

I never complain about the cool summers of northern Germany anymore.

[@anonkasper7937]

There are ways to cope up with the heat. Oil massage your head heavily with cocunut oil to reduce pittam or pitta(heat content) in body Make sure you sleep by 10PM as 10 PM to 2PM is pitta cycle in body and sleep suring this time is must. If the body is not cooled down adequtely your body will be prone to heat stroke

[@malalachernobyl5594]

In Sri Lanka I feel it’s getting hotter every year.

[@pato9825]

Upbeat music that you would listen to on beach while playing some games with friends as a background music for people explaining how their lives are affected by the climate is a bit cringe

[@Spy-hp8ki]

You step outside your house and the wind is hot air under a blazing sun. - from the Philippines.

[@pythonprogramming152]

32:55

[@vanman757]

What, Tin Tin ?.. 😄😁

[@mariaindemne837]

The heat is unbearablr, I even sle e p 1 am onwards when the temp. Is 29-32 degrees celsius

[@ReesCatOphuls]

1:14:45 - Biresh: good push back. > 1.5C is dead > Zero days in 2024 below 1.4C, so far. > 16-month-average is now over 1.5C > 365-day average is over 1.6C > 10 year linear best fit line is over 1.35C > Global indicators for future warming: co2, ch4, n20, eei, ohc, emissions, temperature lags, feedbacks, albedo, all point to more heating in the pipe line > WMO, Hansen pointing to accelerated warming > Yes, following end of el nino, temperatures may drop back for a few years, but the underlying trend continues. The next el nino will be even more brutal. (Data: copernicus, baseline: 1850-1900)

[@tjpatton8562]

Seems like the fish farmers were doing the bare minimum to keep their fish alive. A slighly hotter day than usual shouldnt destroy your entire business unless you planned poorly.

[@oksy6328]

Ich wohne in Russland, in der Stadt Kaluga (180 km von Moskau entfernt). Ich wurde von einem ehemaligen Nachbarn verfolgt, sein Nachname ist Gerasimov. Wie sich herausstellte, rekrutiert er Spezialdienste, rekrutiert Agenten, um im Westen zu arbeiten. Jetzt wollen nur wenige Menschen gehen, um als Agent im Westen zu arbeiten, also sind sie mit Pressing beschäftigt. Für ein Arbeitsjahr bieten sie 55000-60000 Dollar an. Arbeiten als Verdeckungsagent

[@cuongdo9958]

It’s nice and cool here in Canada. God bless you all. ❤

[@eddenoy321]

Dont forget BC was hit by a huge heat wave only a few years ago. People were sweating buckets

[@Silks-]

I don’t understand what would make you feel the need to write a comment like that. Are you gloating that you feel nice and cool? Is it some kind of climate change denialism trying to prove that because it’s cool in other places it’s not an issue? I’m genuinely curious

[@springal3139]

So u r veri lucky?

[@beyondfossil]

Canada has some of the _higgest_ carbon emissions per-capita in the world! Higher than India, Russia and even China! Canada also is typically in the top 3 annually of oil exporters. Canada's low population density means it can export a lot. Those exported amounts would make Canada's per-capita emissions higher if included.

[@freeheeler09]

Canadians cannot afford to be smug. Your wildfires last year burned over a million hectares. And, your Arctic and the Russian Arctic are the fastest warming places on Earth.

[@ShitSkinsIndian]

New Delhi’s largest landfill is on fire and now the entire Asia is experiencing heat waves. Thank you India.

[@blandingscastle3729]

Bhikari from Beggaristan 😅😅

[@ShitSkinsIndian]

@@blandingscastle3729 Here are some real examples of beggars.😅😅 1) Begging for 1 trillion dollars climate finance during COP26 in Glasgow dated November 2021. 2) Begging for oxygen tanks and donations during v|9 pandemic. PM Care Funds (beggar funds) were set up to beg for money WORLD WIDE 3) Borrowing money from World Bank to build 110 million toilets for 600 million Indians (Swachh Bharat toilet mission) etc. 4) India also happened to be the largest recipient of foreign aid since independence? Research "India largest recipient of foreign aid since independence?" 🤭

[@blandingscastle3729]

☪️ 🇵🇰 🤲🤲🤲😫😫

[@blandingscastle3729]

🤣🤣Beggaristan talking of India borrowing...🤣🤣Joke of the century...

[@ShitSkinsIndian]

@@blandingscastle3729 Says the Pajeetbeggarstan who can't provide any proof of begging. 😅

[@louieadam251]

I believe this is another extreme challenge in the future. If millions died in Covid..in the near future millions will die from heat.. it is about time to change our ways and take care our environment.

[@r.a.6459]

Last year 5 million die from the heat. By 2050 we'll see 20-30 million die every year from the heat and by 2100 it'll be 80-100 million a year. Heat is indeed the biggest killer.

[@davidcerullo7976]

Remember when God changed the 😮climate during the flood of Noah. 😂

[@ananwongpinyochit4919]

If developing countries fail to find effective solutions to combat climate change, it is certain that people in Asia will face increasingly higher temperatures.

[@ruminatingenigma4649]

The real question is, is it gonna plateau for the next few years? Or will it increase to even 60°c?

[@r.a.6459]

The growth will continue, perpetually, and exponentially.

[@RandallSlick]

DW's content is usually so professional and gives we viewers a sense that a sensible team is behind it. This alas, is a mess. Glib and thoughtless comments by a 'host' about high temperatures, as she sits in a comfortably air-conditioned studio? Really? Out-of-context cartoons? Really? This is not good and does a disservice to DW News.

[@sarojakrieg4780]

In Tamil nadu India Dravidian government have chopped all the trees and destroyed the mountains and rivers and now it looks like dessert. Now they are complaining it is very hot. I think they know why it is so hot.

[@mayankpratapsingh9333]

Talks, meetings , politics. What we do on ground level. Planet blue is slowly dying . We need central government in the world.

[@r.a.6459]

That global government is Islam. We hadn't have it since March 3rd, 1924.

[@PossibleBat]

REFUSE to work at scorching temperatures. Employers need to provide measures to help cope with the heat but if they aren’t, join others like you and refuse to work, strike

[@smimtiaz4556]

Millions of Asians are falling in dream to become an Australian

[@nikocoklat2]

if only theres a policy that every one person in earth must plant one tree. this el nino-heat wave wouldnt be a problem

[@maggotman2024]

The best way to cope with heat is too stop watching social media and stories about it. Turn off your phone and “chill!”

[@rioluna6058]

This would be the coldest year of the rest of your lifes. The next year Will. Be hottwr and the next one after that Will be even hottwr

[@user-be2hn5of5t]

We don’t cope with any heat, it’s going to be snowing on Monday here. Send us a bit of heat

[@r.a.6459]

Send some snow as an exchange!! We're scorchingly hot!!

[@user-be2hn5of5t]

@@r.a.6459 😕my condolences

[@arpangurung4090]

World needs to act on climate change asap bcoz people living in equator and its proximity has been dying due to severe heat waves.Massive dependency on fossil fuels should be reduced and world must have alternatives for fossil fuels.People all over the world burn woods which also results in global warming plus forest fires, industries realeases green house gases and heavy dependent upon coal.Also the war is not only killing people but also having an impact on environment 👀🤔🙏

[@EC-gq4xx]

Pres. bongbong in the Philippines approved measures just last January, even if he was warned about coming El Niño last January 2023. This means no budget was allocated for this disaster. That's poor governance.

[@mrcookies409]

I thought the thumbnail was an image from the Fallout show...

[@acajudi100]

Frozen water bottles on your body, bed ,animals etc. Place in bags. cover with cloths.

[@Anish61097]

Where is tintin?

[@grimmforrest1949]

Suddenly Tintin...

[@user-jz4tr5df4v]

It’s very hot in Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@d.almeida3633]

Im certain alot of their factory pollution has something to do with it. ... The emissions is not regulated, especially india and china .... Tell me that doesn't have something to do with it ?

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Al gore told you 30 yrs ago, you ignored him.

[@martiansoon9092]

Errr... Current El Niño is NOT the strongest one. It is somewhere like 6th strongest one. Ie. 2016 was much stronger one. The situation on oceans is different from all El Niño's. We have extremely warm waters in northern hemisphere. And we had record loss of sea ice near Antarctica. Overall heating of the ocean and the heat that now has surfaced is not really related to El Niño, but something very different. One suggestion is SO2 emission bans on shipping that lead to less white cloud that shade the surface. (Hansen et al.). Rest of the science community has no real clues on what is going on. Suggesting that El Niño or volcanic eruption have caused this does not fit well in the global picture. Water vapor in the southern hemisphere does not explain warm waters in the north. And El Niño does not explain what happens in north nor south neither. On real threat could be a shutdown of AMOC system. That has been going on since 1930's. If heat pumps does not work the heat ends up in weird places. One study has suggested that when subpolar gyre has lots of melt waters, it drives Gulf stream stronger. This partially causes Europes hot summers too. Scientists also fear that shutdown means heatwaves to the Antarctica and that will melt lots of ice. We are adding extreme amounts of heat to the oceans due to our emissions. Fossil fuel burning is the main cause of these emissions and these burners are on record levels each year. If we want to have any real chance of lowering the heating, we have to shutdown all fossil burning. (And take the extra heat that SO2 created cloud cover blocked. If we won't do this, then the ghg heating will just get worse and worse.)

[@martiansoon9092]

If we only do adaptation and not rapid emission reductions the global climate is going well above most adaptation possiblities. 3-5C warming means we will lose habitability from many locations on Earth. Many scientists say that we will go over 2C what so ever. And without rapid reductions on emissions the heat will rise much higher before we even get a chance to get the emergency under some kind of control. We need negative emissions on all under 2C models and we don't have any real options to do these negative emissions. We are already losing many areas like coral reefs under these rising temperatures. Many tipping points are already tipping or near tipping. Losing mountain glaciers means many areas are changing toward deserts. Sea level keeps on rising fast too. Current trends are well above IPCC predictions. Losing life at all sectors is also a current trend. 50% of insect biomass is already lost. 97% of the mammals are humans and our domesticated animals, specially cows. At this point adaptation saves some lives, but cutting emissions rapidly saves more lives in total. There is no adaptation alternative for those who live in coastlines or in low lying islands. The adaptation they need is migration to some other higher elevated location. And even that means their livelihood is lost and altered. They will become poorer by losing their homes and jobs. 12-20 meter sea level rise by 2300 at 2C temperature rise is causing problems for everyone that is near the sea level (not only in the coastlines) (State of cryosphere 2023). We have not even started real emission cuts. So climate emergency is getting far worse because of it.

[@bepitan]

surely people can just use aircon or fly to cooler places for the summer?...simples.