The heating planet is "not just happening in the realm of science or politics, it's Happening. Three days this summer half the globe's population was experiencing temperatures influenced by climate change. 32 USA cities had at least 30 extra risky heat days- unrelenting temps sparked wildfires around the world. WATCH Sep 17 report "Human-caused climate change led to unusual heat worldwide, report shows" Transcript below:
Transcript: two new 0:06 reports found human caused 0:08 climate change, turned up the 0:10 heat for nearly 2 billion people 0:12 this summer across the planet. 0:14 the climate central extreme heat 0:16 report says in the u.s. alone, 0:20 32 u.s. cities had at least 30 0:22 extra risky heat days. the 0:24 unrelenting temperatures also 0:26 sparked europe's worst wildfire 0:28 season on record, and canada's 0:30 second worst. so the overall 0:31 picture is not good here. 0:32 kristina dahl is the vice 0:34 president of science at climate 0:36 central and can tell us about 0:37 what this means for the rest of 0:39 us. good morning and welcome, 0:41 kristina. look, our viewers 0:43 already know and feel the 0:45 climate warming from year to 0:46 year, but i'm curious, what 0:49 surprised you most about the 0:51 climate research collected in 0:51 these reports? 0:53 >> yeah, well, i've been. 0:55 >> studying climate. 0:56 >> change for. 0:57 >> over 20. years now. 0:58 >> and so there's very little 0:59 that. 0:59 >> can. 1:00 >> surprise me. 1:00 >> but when. 1:01 >> i saw. 1:02 >> the numbers. 1:03 >> rolling out about how many 1:05 people around. 1:05 >> the globe. 1:06 >> were affected. 1:06 >> by climate change. 1:07 >> this year, i was surprised. 1:10 there were three days this 1:11 summer when half the globe's 1:17 population was experiencing. 1:18 >> temperatures that were 1:19 strongly. 1:20 >> influenced by climate change. 1:22 and every. day from june through 1:25 august. 1:25 >> nearly 2. 1:26 >> billion. 1:26 >> people across. 1:28 >> the planet were experiencing 1:29 climate warm temperatures. 1:30 >> and these. numbers are just 1:32 enormous. and it's really a 1:33 sign. 1:35 >> that climate. 1:36 >> change isn't. 1:36 >> something that's happening in 1:37 the realm of science. it's not 1:39 something that's just happening. 1:40 >> in the realm of. 1:41 >> politics. 1:42 >> it's happening. 1:42 >> in. 1:42 >> our daily. 1:43 >> lives right. 1:44 >> here, right now. 1:46 >> every day this summer. 1:47 >> and, you know, we were kind 1:48 of showing some footage of 1:50 people fanning themselves, 1:51 trying to kind of stay in those 1:53 water parks outside, which is 1:55 kind of the the mid level of 1:57 extremity, but risky heat 1:59 temperatures can lead to death, 2:01 especially if you're elderly 2:03 and the ac goes out. if you're 2:04 an infant, you get locked in a 2:06 car. you know, all these kind of 2:09 circumstances we may not think 2:10 of directly can be life 2:11 threatening because of the heat. 2:12 you know, we spoke about 2:14 devastating wildfires in 2:15 california. you also have floods 2:17 in texas that caught people 2:19 there by surprise. kids at a 2:20 camp. so what are the long term 2:23 impacts of what we're finding? 2:27 according to the data. 2:28 >> yeah. 2:28 >> well, we've. 2:28 >> seen some of those impacts 2:31 this summer across the globe 2:32 here in the u.s. in july, within 2:34 the same week or two week 2:37 period, we had. four massive 2:39 flood events, including the ones 2:40 in texas that you just 2:42 mentioned. but within that same 2:44 week or two, there were 2:46 devastating. floods in north 2:48 carolina, chicago. 2:50 >> as well as in new mexico. 2:52 >> and then there's the 2:54 wildfires. so canada is 2:56 experiencing. 2:56 >> its. 2:57 >> second worst wildfire season 2:59 on record. europe is 3:01 experiencing its worst wildfire 3:02 season on record. and across 3:04 europe. a new study that just 3:05 came out today, just this 3:08 morning, found that climate 3:10 change contributed to more than 3:13 16,000 heat related deaths 3:15 across the continent. just this 3:17 summer. so, i mean, these things 3:18 are there are these long term 3:21 consequences, right? for the 3:22 people who are directly 3:24 affected, but sooner or later, 3:24 that's going to be all of us. 3:26 you know, you may not be feeling 3:28 this this summer or next summer, 3:30 but eventually, if we continue 3:32 to burn fossil fuels and warm 3:33 the planet, more and more of us 3:36 are going to be affected by 3:37 these extreme weather events. 3:38 >> and just last few seconds, 3:39 because we are out of time, what 3:40 are we supposed to do about it 3:44 as individuals? what can i do? 3:45 what can you do? 3:46 >> yeah, well, we can all cut 3:48 emissions, right? stop burning 3:50 fossil fuels. and we need to 3:52 also ask the same of our nation. 3:54 so those are some of the most 3:56 important things we can do. 3:57 >> christina dahl, such an 3:58 important topic. i hope viewers 4:00 dig into this-
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