Climate scientists have warned that global temperatures could hit all-time highs in 2023 or 2024.
Earth Day this year, officially on Saturday, follows weeks of extreme weather with temperatures soaring to record highs in Thailand and a punishing heatwave in India, where at least 13 people died of heatstroke at a ceremony last weekend.
Hamid said when she now visits her hometown of Delhi, it feels like"putting your head in the oven" and that London's 2022 heatwave was like"a dystopian film".Activists led by the Extinction Rebellion group have gathered in London to kick off a four-day action, billed"The Big One", to coincide with Earth Day.
In Peru, shamans on Friday made an offering to the"Pachamama", or Mother Earth. Holding yellow flowers and rattles, the shamans walked around a papier-mache globe as they performed a cleansing ritual.
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