Parti d’Europa bruciano quando milioni si trovano ad affrontare calore record

This is tragic. High temps and warm dry winds can create unmanageable hell in a matter of a few hours and we’re losing that little woodland we have left.

Here in Sicily we’ve had what could be considered a reasonably mild summer (compared to recent years) but we’ve got more wild fires than the last two years (each). Most of them are arson sadly (and infuriatingly).

We in Spain had a big problem with this. Because politicians, lobbys, and everyone don’t want to do anything. Because heat records destroys tourism, and housing bubble. Last year on Valencia they do not warn population because tourism and economy and 230 people died on 29 of October. For us, for spaniards is a big problem, it’s killing our economy, our people.

It’s been up to 39C in the south west of France where I am now. It’s too hot to do anything outside for most of the day. And when you drive through the countryside you see how the livestock is suffering: the grass is yellow and the water ways between fields are drying up.

Send some of it permanently to Ireland, please