Human-induced climate change driving record temperatures

People cool off to fight the scorching heat during a heatwave in Seville, Spain, on June 13. Picture: Christina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images

All naturally occurring climate events now take place in the context of human-induced climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said — as heatwaves, droughts, and floods continue to ravage different areas of the globe.

While the countries including Spain and France have seen record-breaking temperatures for the second month in a row, the drought-blighted Horn of Africa has now experienced four successive failed rainy seasons, with this year’s March-May season predicted to be the driest on record, according to Irish humanitarian organisations.