Climate change caused by human-induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions. Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: "The link between climate change and extreme weather like the heatwave that scorched the UK last summer is getting stronger. " Photograph: Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man-made emissions and found the UK has a 12% possibility of summer average temperatures reaching the 2018 high. In a climate unpolluted by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5% chance.
Climate change caused by human-induced emissions has made heatwaves in the UK 30 times more likely than in natural conditions. Photograph: Computer modelling analysis conducted by the Met Office compared our current climate to one without man-made emissions and found the UK has a 12% possibility of summer average temperatures reaching the 2018 high. In a climate unpolluted by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases there would be just a 0.5% chance.