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Europe faces potentially record temperatures in Italy
Countries across Europe are sweltering under a major heat wave, with potentially record temperatures for the continent in Italy, forecasters said.
Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are facing a major heat wave with temperatures expected to reach 118.4 degrees Fahrenheit on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, possibly bringing the highest temperatures ever recorded in Europe. the European Space Agency saying.
The highest temperature in European history was recorded on August 11, 2021, when 48.8 °C was recorded in Floridia, an Italian city in the Sicilian province of Syracuse. However, that record could be broken again this week, the space agency said.
Italy on Sunday issued hot weather red alerts for 16 citiesand forecasters warn that temperatures will reach record levels in southern Europe in the coming days.
Photo: Temperatures soar in Death Valley National Park
A woman stands near an unofficial heat reading at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley, California, on Sunday.
US climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing for talks
US Climate Envoy John Kerry is in Beijing this week to discuss how the US and China, the world’s two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, can work together to combat climate change.
Kerry arrived on Sunday, when temperatures in China’s arid northwest hit a record high of nearly 126 degrees Fahrenheit.
“In the next three days, we hope that we can begin to take some important steps that send a signal to the world that China and the United States are serious about addressing a common risk, threat and challenge to all of humanity created by humans themselves. he said on Monday before meeting his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua, according to Reuters.
The meetings do not have a set agenda, but Kerry and Xie are expected to discuss efforts to reduce emissions from methane and coal power plants, as well as preparations for the COP28 global climate talks in Dubai later this year.
Kerry’s trip to China, his third as a US climate envoy, is the first formal high-level climate diplomacy between the two countries since China suspended talks last year after Nancy Pelosi, the president of the Camera at that time, will visit Taiwan, an autonomous island. that Beijing claims as its territory. Kerry is the third US official to visit China in recent weeks as the two countries try to improve ties.
Unrelenting heat in the US and abroad
Parts of the southern US continue to grapple with an unrelenting heat wave, with more records expected to be broken through Tuesday, forecasters said.
Record heat is expected early in the week in the Four Corners states, from Texas to the Lower Mississippi Valley and south to Florida, the National Weather Service warned in an update early Monday.
The US is far from alone in dealing with severe heat, however, as countries around the world, including Europe and Asia, are also facing potentially record-breaking temperatures amid severe heat waves.
