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The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The idea of ​​doing a weekly round-up on the climate crisis was born in the wake of the climate newsletter Guardian which every week publishes data on carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, an indicator that tells us the state of the climate crisis and the health of our planet.This week, the atmospheric concentration of CO2, the greenhouse gas primarily responsible for global warming, exceeded 424 parts per million (ppm) for the first time.In recent days it had already exceeded 423.More than half of the CO2 produced by human activities, from the Industrial Revolution to today, was released in the atmosphere since 1990.Unfortunately, this data is not newsworthy and is not reflected in the climate policies of governments, whose actions to cut emissions are regularly deferred over time in the name of energy security (and to guarantee the difficult compromises required by the ecological transition).An...

Based on preliminary data provided by three meteorological agencies (Japan, United States, European Union), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) established that the first week of July was the hottest ever recorded since temperatures have been recorded .And 2023 is increasingly becoming the year with the highest temperatures ever. The impacts of record heat have been felt around the world.After heat waves in China and the United States and drought in Spain, above-average temperatures were recorded in India, Iran and Canada, while extreme heat in Mexico caused more than 100 deaths.Last week in Adrar, Algeria, there was the hottest night ever in Africa, with temperatures not dropping below 39.6°C.Meanwhile, Nigeria is preparing to face another series of dangerous floods. In recent days we have seen images from northern Spain of people desperately clinging to their cars submerged by flash floods caused by heavy rain.In Japan, one person died and hundreds of thousands were as...