![]() ![]() If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. This website will provide you with information on the protection that applies in the case of each flight before you make your booking. Some of the flights on this website are also financially protected by the ATOL scheme, but ATOL protection does not apply to all flights. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all the parts of your trip are not listed on it, those parts will not be ATOL protected. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. This week scientists from the World Weather Attribution group found that the heatwaves in parts of Europe and North America would have been almost impossible without climate change.All the flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. Climate action is not a luxury but a must." "The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is more urgent than ever before. "The extreme weather which has affected many millions of people in July is unfortunately the harsh reality of climate change and a foretaste of the future," said World Meteorological Organization's Secretary-General Petteri Taalas. Scientists say the world will need to adapt to the heat and other impacts already caused by emissions - and that carbon pollution must be slashed dramatically this decade to avoid worse in the future. They stress, however, that this would not mark a permanent breach of the 1.5C limit set out in the Paris Agreement, which refers to long-term warming. The UN organisation predicts it is more likely than not that global temperatures will temporarily rise 1.5C above the pre-industrial benchmark for at least one of the next five years. Intense temperatures and wildfires have raised fears of impacts on health and ecosystems © DAVID SWANSON / AFP That has now given way to the warming El Nino, although this is not expected to strengthen until later in the year. The WMO has said the eight years to 2022 were the warmest on record, despite the cooling effects of the La Nina weather pattern. Meanwhile, bathtub-like temperatures in the shallow waters off south Florida - topping 37.8C for several hours on Monday - potentially set a new world record and threatened coral reefs. Hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain deadly blazes across Greece that have raged for two weeks.Ĭopernicus and WMO said global average sea surface temperatures, which have been well above those previously registered for the time of year since May, have contributed to the exceptionally warm July.īuontempo said "a significant swathe" of the central Mediterranean is now close to or above all previous records. Wildfires raged in several countries across the Mediterranean region, where extreme heat has left landscapes tinder dry. ![]() In Beijing, which saw a record-breaking streak of four weeks of highs above 35C, authorities urged the elderly to stay indoors and children to shorten outdoor playtime. "I don't think anybody can deny the impact of climate change anymore," he said at the White House, where he held a video conference with the mayors of heat-blasted Phoenix, Arizona, and San Antonio, Texas.īiden, who said heat was the "number one weather-related killer" in the United States, causing 600 deaths every year, announced moves to bolster heat-related safety rules for workers, especially those labouring outdoors. Fires have raged on the Italian island of Sicily © Giovanni ISOLINO / AFP/File ![]()
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