Quick Climate Links: America's hottest city now has a department exclusively looking at living with heat.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (pictured) has long worried about climate change and is now delighted that her city now has a department devoted exclusively to helping residents better understand how to live in a warmer climate.
Senior editor with Yahoo News, David Knowles, writing in a story headed "Can Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?" said: "In Phoenix, where summer can feel a bit like living through a science experiment or a dystopian dare, the average summertime temperature has risen by 3.8 degrees since 1970, according to data compiled by Climate Central, a nonprofit composed of scientists and journalists. The city now averages 111 annual days of triple-digit heat, and experiences 12 more days above 110 degrees Fahrenheit each year than it did in 1970."
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘to the Edge’";
"Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy";
"What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again";
"Australia’s finally acknowledged climate change is a national security threat. Here are 5 mistakes to avoid"
"Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study";
"The downside of corporate reforestation pledges";
"Australia is woefully unprepared for this climate reality of consecutive disasters";
"Floods and higher grocery prices reveal cost of climate inaction: Economists";
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