Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic CSR

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Strategic CSR - Hot

In case you had not all noticed, it is hot out there. More specifically, as noted in the article in the url below, on July 21, 2024, it was hotter than it has ever been (at least since we started reliably recording temperatures):

"Sunday witnessed the highest average temperature on Earth, breaching a previous record set a year ago, according to provisional data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service."

The chart accompanying the article presents the data in more dramatic detail:

Europe, in particular, is exceeding its normal temperatures for this time of year:

"Global warming is bringing hotter conditions to southern Europe, with temperatures exceeding 40C for the past two weeks in Greece. That's turbo-charging the threat from wildfires. In Greece, there were 33 wildfires in 24 hours through 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Athens and southern parts of the country remain on high alert. Spain and parts of the south of France and Italy are also at risk of wildfires as temperatures there have soared."

I am sure this will not be the last time we break this record, as indicated in the article in the second url below:

"Inflamed by the carbon pollution spewed from burning fossils and farming livestock, the average surface air temperature hit 17.09C (62.76F) on Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which holds data that stretches back to 1940. … 'What is truly staggering is how large the difference is between the temperature of the last 13 months and the previous temperature records,' said the Copernicus director, Carlo Buontempo. 'We are now in truly uncharted territory – and as the climate keeps warming, we are bound to see new records being broken in future months and years.'"

Take care

David

David Chandler
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The hottest day ever

By Eamon Farhat and Paul Tugwell

July 23, 2024

Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-23/world-records-hottest-day-while-wildfires-threaten-mediterranean

Sunday was world's hottest ever recorded day, data suggests