Changement climatique en Europe : la dernière décennie a été la plus chaude jamais enregistrée (rapport de l’Agence Européenne de l’Environnement)

Infographie : F. Deescheemaekere

Last decade was Europe’s ‘warmest on record’: Report

[Euractiv]

European temperatures in the last decade were 1.3 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average – the warmest since records began – according to new research by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU’s climate advisory body.

Their report finds that since 2002, rainfall has decreased in southern Europe, while increasing in the north, and there have been more extreme weather events. Meanwhile, the Greenland ice sheet, Arctic sea ice and many European glaciers are melting. “Climate change is a reality around the world, and the extent and speed of change is becoming ever more evident,” said Jacqueline McGlade, the EEA’s executive director. “This means that every part of the economy, including households, needs to adapt [to] as well as reduce emissions.”
EEA report, ‘Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012’, says that accelerating climate change impacts will vary across the continent, with the Mediterranean hit by heatwaves, while northern Europe suffers coastal and river floods.

Lire : euractiv.com