Here are the number of days of “risky heat” that has been added to our summer this year

Have you felt an extraordinary hot summer? This year, thanks to climate change, Canadians have seen many hot days enough to develop their health. A new analysis calculates exactly number.

A A report issued on Wednesday Through the non -profit group, the central climate shows that from June to August, the average of 13 days of “risky heat” 13 “heat is witnessed by risk”, thanks to climate change.

The analysis determines those days when the temperature is hotter than 90 percent of the local temperatures between 1991 and 2020.

The organization is searching and reports on the effects and change of climate, and does this type of summer heat analysis twice a year for cities all over the world. The global report has found that many areas of the world were much worse than Canada, with 955 million people worldwide suffering from 30 days or more than “risky heat” due to climate change.

The temperature of the “risky heat” can vary widely among cities that usually have a cooler summer, such as Vancouver, and those that usually have a more hot summer, such as Windsor, Oant. Christina Dal, deputy head of science in the central climate, said that people tend to adapt to their local environment, that the threshold is when weakened people, like the elderly, begin to experience health problems.

There was fatal this summer heat waves in both In Canada And in Europe, where a recent study was estimated A thermal wave has killed between June 23 and July 2, 1500 people.

Dal added that heat waves can also lead to indirect risks, such as smoke caused by forest fires. She said smoke polluted air “which is closely related to early deaths.” “The truth is that these increased temperatures play in several ways.”

This year was Canada The second worst wildfire season Absolutely. A recent study is estimated that Canadian Hashim smoke 82,000 caused early death in 2023.

There are some days of intense heat every summer. But by using climate models to compare temperatures this year with what can be expected without climate change, the new analysis shows the number of “risky heat” days that occur throughout the country and around the world. This is although the average global temperatures have increased Only about 1.4 ° C since pre -industry times.

“Really in the near future”

Canada environment also He released a quick analysis on Wednesday From 12 heat waves in Canada this summer. For 11 of them – in the West and in Quebec – heat waves of this size were found twice due to climate change. The heat wave was like the last, in Atlantic Canada from 7 to 14 August, 10 times more likely due to climate change.

Hussein Bonakdri, associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Ottawa, says the message is clear.

He said, “Climate change reshapes the possibilities of daily weather in Canada, and people feel it directly through the intense heat,” he said.

Bonakdri, who uses artificial intelligence to study climate change risk, says his model shows that in 20 years, the average temperatures throughout Canada will be hotter than it will be without climate change.

“This … a fact in the near future,” he said. “I’m not talking about the end of the century now. I’m talking about the next twenty years and we need to prepare.”

Jennifer Vanus, a co -sustainable professor at Arizona State University, says many people are already suffering from severe heat.

“We really need to start making changes now for concern about the future,” she said.

This can include more air conditioning, providing policies to ensure that people with outdoor jobs can get out of heat, community services to help serious situations due to heat, she says.

Dal agrees that the report shows that climate change is no longer a threat in the future, and suggests that there is more efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

She said: “Every delay in reducing emissions means more societies, ecosystems and economies.”