Heatwaves continue to become longer, more frequent and more extreme as the years progress.
Israelis who feel like they are living in a modern-day version of Dante’s Inferno might want an exit strategy just so they can breathe without sweating. Unfortunately, climate change is like COVID-19 without a vaccine. The best one can hope for is to flatten the curve while minimizing economic damage and death.
The international greenhouse gas emission agreements are meant to “flatten the curve of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere,” said Prof. Yoav Yair. “If we can do that, we can curb climate change and keep the global warming average at less than two degrees Celsius.
“If not, our grandchildren will inherit a much hotter planet that is much harder to live on.”