Less Than Six Years to Save the Planet: The Message of the Climate Clock That Lighted Christ the Redeemer in Brazil

he Redeemer of Christ to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) I predicted this Saturday weather clockan international initiative that indicates the remaining time for you to turn off Global Warming So for the first time noticeable Less than six years.

On Brazil’s most famous monument, the clock ticked from 6 years, 0 days, 00:00:00 hours to 5 years, 364 days and 23:59:59 hoursat a time when different points on planet A scorching heat.

This is the time left for humanity to “stay safe from catastrophic climate scenarios.” And avoid exceeding the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degreesAccording to the event organizers.

he weather clock It is an initiative of an international group of scientists and activists, and will be down to zero by the time the supply runs out. carbon budgetwhich is an estimate of how much emissions could be released into the atmosphere not to exceed a threshold of 1.5 degrees.

“We must take action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to zero as quickly as possible. “Time is getting shorter, while climate impacts are getting stronger,” said Nathalie Unterstil, president of the association. Talanoa Instituteresponsible for bringing the watch to Brazil.

“That we have less than six years to halve carbon emissions shows the urgency we need to act. He pointed out that there is no time to waste with vague promises and false solutions.

The Northern Hemisphere is currently experiencing severe impacts heat wave With extreme temperatures in the United States, some regions of Asia and in many European countries, where large-scale fires have also been reported.

On the other hand, recent heavy rains have caused great damage, with dozens of deaths, in South Korea, Colombia and Brazil, The latter is affected by two passages Extratropical cyclones South in a month is a rare phenomenon in that region of the country.

Thousands of tourists were evacuated on Saturday Greek island of Rhodes Because of a big wildfire that got out of control.

To date, more than 2500 tourists They were taken in boats Kiotari Beach and Lardos, on the east coast of the island, a Coast Guard spokesperson said, Nikos Alexiou, to your TV sky.

Because of the fire, at least seven towns in the center and east coast have been evacuated.

In each at least 30,000 people They had to be displaced, and when the evacuation order came out on Saturday afternoon, some 8000 tourists They were in the area.

The fire damaged at least three hotels and reached a town LermaThe center of the island, where several houses were burned, according to information from local media.

In the pictures released by the Greek media, you can see how tourists are being transported in vehicles to evacuation points on the beach. In addition, there are multi-kilometer queues of tourists who, with bags in their hands, walk to nearby beaches to be evacuated.

The newspaper stated that all flights from Rhodes departed at maximum capacity, so thousands of tourists could not leave the island by plane. News 247.

The Rhodes Port Authority has decided to seize all tourist boats in the area to assist in the evacuation, and a navy ship has also been deployed to the area.

(with information from EFE)