{"id":5054,"date":"2021-07-13T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2021-07-14T09:18:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:18:45","slug":"weather-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/weather-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5054\" class=\"elementor elementor-5054\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bfa23fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bfa23fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77e73657\" data-id=\"77e73657\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3df81e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5b3df81e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=I-o4IXrS8do&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-132b16ad\" data-id=\"132b16ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbe964 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfbe964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Met Office Weather Forecast for 2050<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fcf61e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48fcf61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2020 the UK Met Office released this weather forecast for 2050 that shows London boiling with summer temperatures in the 30s and 40s \u00b0C. Fast forward to 2021 and the climate crisis is biting faster and harder than predicted. After heat broke all records in Canada in June, Sir David King, former UK chief scientific adviser, said: \u201c<strong><em>Nowhere is safe \u2026 who would have predicted a temperature of 48\/49C in British Columbia?<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Back in Europe, Finland\u2019s Arctic Lapland region reached 33.6\u00b0C \u2026 more like the tropics than the Arctic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6ab60b elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6ab60b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d926dbb\" data-id=\"4d926dbb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4a5fa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f4a5fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Extreme Heat<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba5cdc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba5cdc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEaling produces almost none of its own food and much of what we eat is imported. Climate change threatens nature and agriculture both in the UK and across the globe, while a growing world population demands more food not less.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ed9e61\" data-id=\"19ed9e61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36add7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36add7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bPstr5_CropFailure.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5061\" alt=\"Failed Crop in Drought\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bPstr5_CropFailure.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bPstr5_CropFailure-300x160.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bPstr5_CropFailure-1024x546.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bPstr5_CropFailure-768x410.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-428a2ead elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"428a2ead\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fb28fee\" data-id=\"7fb28fee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62165e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62165e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flooding<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c125627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c125627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Climate change is raising sea levels. The Thames Barrier is having to be used much more frequently. A major flood anywhere in London would bring chaos to Ealing. Climate breakdown also causes violent rain storms and flash flooding. The UK weather may become more erratic with some summers colder than used to be normal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13068fb5\" data-id=\"13068fb5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68179cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68179cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BusInFlood.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5066\" alt=\"Bus in Flood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BusInFlood.png 992w, https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BusInFlood-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BusInFlood-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61eb883c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61eb883c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c365dda\" data-id=\"2c365dda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504ee88f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"504ee88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While Ealing&#8217;s climate may become difficult, some other parts of the world will become completely uninhabitable due to lethal temperatures or hunger. A mass exodus from the those areas increases the likelihood of political instability, unrest and conflict, with knock on effects around the globe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6168d481 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6168d481\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b5f1325\" data-id=\"5b5f1325\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0d5bd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0d5bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe won&#8217;t solve climate change\u00a0 acting only as consumers and individuals, but we can tackle it if we can get our governments to organise the comprehensive international action required. As in some ways has happened with covid, dealing with climate change may bring the world&#8217;s governments and people together, focussed on a common task and sharing expertise. It could lead to a better, cleaner and more peaceful world. But it needs our effort: let&#8217;s go to it.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Met Office Weather Forecast for 2050 In 2020 the UK Met Office released this weather forecast for 2050 that shows London boiling with summer temperatures in the 30s and 40s \u00b0C. Fast forward to 2021 and the climate crisis is biting faster and harder than predicted. 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