'We need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a new reality where floods and heatwaves are more intense and damaging.'
"We need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a new reality where floods and heatwaves are more intense and damaging," said a co-author of the study.Intense rainfall that led to deadly flooding and landslides in South Africa last month was made twice as likely by the human-caused climate crisis, a team of scientistsFriday, pointing to the findings as proof of the need to swiftly and significantly curb planet-heating emissions.
"If we do not reduce emissions and keep global temperatures below 1.5°C, many extreme weather events will become increasingly destructive," Ramaphosa also highlighted the death toll, sharing that when he and other officials visited affected families,"they told us heart-breaking stories about children, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, and neighbors being swept away as their homes crumbled under the pressure of the flood waters."operations because of the extreme weather.
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