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France is about to experience its second #heatwave of the year, with temperatures expected to top 40C in Paris, possibly breaking records #canicule actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-mete… 
Heatwaves such as these are made between 5-100 times more likely by #climatechange, and are on average 4C hotter than a century ago theguardian.com/science/2019/j…
Climate change also makes heatwaves last longer - the 2018 #heatwave across much of northern Europe was statistically "impossible" without climate change, researchers found: carbonbrief.org/northern-hemis…
One heatwave last year in Japan, which killed more than 1,000 people, was also found to be impossible without the added warming brought by climate change #canicule climatechangenews.com/2019/05/29/dea…
So, for the second time in a month, Paris is about to experience an effect known as the "urban heat island", whereby buildings and roads act like radiators and the city never cools for days at a time
Under 2C of warming - a "safe" level aimed for in the Paris climate deal - we can expect a heatwave like the one in 2018 ever year on average.
Earth is currently on course for as much as 4C of warming
Earth is currently on course for as much as 4C of warming
