Climate change will strike Budapest critically
Summers are becoming hotter and hotter since the Industrial Revolution. If humanity cannot decrease the use of carbon-dioxide and other greenhouse gases, the temperature will keep on rising. This phenomenon seems to affect Budapest in particular, according to 24.hu.
The dense infrastructure and the high population density results in the crowded cities’ temperature going higher by 7.8 degrees Celsius compared to the countryside. Global warming just enhances this phenomenon.
54 percent of the world’s population lives in cities nowadays, and this might increase by 2.5 billion people by 2050. This will probably lead to medical and financial problems in the dense and hot cities.
Climate Central created an online interactive interface to show us how high the temperature will be in certain cities by 2100. The worst expectations are downright frightening.
The most pessimistic foretelling indicates a 4.8 degrees Celsius of average increase. Geographical features and thermal insulation may cause even greater heat in some cities.
Climate Central forecasts that Sophia will be the most rapidly warming city by 2100, followed by Skopje, Belgrade, Madrid and Bucharest. Budapest ranks tenth on the list. The hot summer will be similar at that time to the heat of Izmir, a city situated on the shores of the Aegean Sea.
Some cities will be so hot that currently there are no settlements to which we could compare them. For example the average temperature in the summer will be 44.1 degrees Celsius in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, unless our race manages to contain greenhouse gas emission.
However, temperature will keep on rising even if humanity manages to cease pollution. But we can still manage to slow down the process greatly.
Climate Central’s site also points out how important it is to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. The plans of the treaty would not prevent only economical damages, but they could help preserving human lives.
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Source: 24.hu
1 Comment
If you want to reduce CO2, then plant trees.
Anyone who believes surrendering their wages and freedom to gov’t will reduce temperature is insane.
Nothing will change except the rise of new socialism always under the cloak of “climate change”…which does not exist.
FACTS:
Lifespans are at a global all-time high
Personal GDP is at a global all-time high
We produce more food and feed more people than at any time in the world’s history
The Earth is greener than ever before
Deaths due to heat or cold are at an all-time global low.
There is no danger from the climate, only from those who wish to use it as an excuse to implement socialism.