The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without “human-induced” climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday.
The exceptional period of extreme heat would have been 1.4 degrees Celsius cooler “if humans had not warmed the planet by burning fossil fuels”, the report said.
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