More frequent and extreme weather disasters have recently been perceived, such as the latest extreme heat events in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States, which have once again demonstrated the need for environmental awareness and action plans. .
As a result of this situation, various interest groups have increased their concern about vulnerability and incite the world to take faster action against climate change and global warming.
Regarding the extreme floods of the past week in some cities in Europe, some experts have commented that climate change contributed greatly to this catastrophe. These events are further proof that urgent action is needed to address the issue. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told the media that the recent floods indicate that urgent action is required against climate change.
Climate disasters show us how (and with what force) climate change can affect our socio-economic systems. Therefore, it is important to identify and manage the risks associated with the climate to achieve resilience to extreme weather events, which are a consequence of climate change.
There is a relationship between the impact of climate change and extreme weather events. The planet will continue to get hotter and hotter as we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the rate we currently do. So it is necessary to mitigate and offset our emissions of CO2 and other polluting gases that contribute to global warming.
Likewise, it is essential to know and raise awareness about the nexus between climate change and its externalities, to understand how climate disasters affect (and will affect even more), taking seriously the warnings that we are currently experiencing and how vulnerable or resilient we can be in the face of climate change.
Mexico, due to its geographical location, is a potentially vulnerable country to climate change. According to various studies, more than 15% of the national territory, 68.5% of the population and 70% of the GDP are prone to suffer negative consequences from this phenomenon. Therefore, it is urgent to boost the fight against climate change.