The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists. The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction. It comes as the southern US and China have been hit by heatwaves, while temperatures in North Africa have neared 50C (122F).

The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

            • queermunist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Well, no, I’m not that greedy for life. After a certain point it’s not worth it and I’ll just make it quick and painless. Life isn’t always preferable to death, I’d need to be able to live with myself afterwards!

                • queermunist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  You’re treating the threat as something abstract, like there aren’t specific people who are to blame for destroying the world. As if it’s no one’s fault, so violence falls on anyone in the name of survival. Even puppies and kittens lol

                  I think we have to treat climate change as the same class of threat as someone shooting at us, and that means identifying the shooters and … “disarming” them.

    • tlf@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Depending on who you ask it’s the most important. Once people are educated they can make informed decisions themselves. Just do what you can and are willing to do and don’t wait for the governing bodies to change their pace. The IPCC report actually contains solid Data on what individual behavior change is most effective, this article lists a few things https://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-what-does-the-ipcc-mean-by-choice-architecture-and-can-it-change-our-behaviour-12582739

      • ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Now we watch in horror as corporate lobbyists and their lackeys prevent such measures from being implemented at any wide scale, especially in countries and regions that produce the most pollution and still choose to keep fracking and all that. ~Strawberry

        • tlf@feddit.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          They are unlikely to actually stop any individual from becoming vegan or at least making an effort to become one. The attitude that it is to öate and we can’t do anything about the catastrophe is precisely the feeling they are hoping for so we continue to consume their products. You can however at any time just stop.