Climate researcher Kromp-Kolb: "People are ahead of the politicians"

In the Newsroom LIVE with Gundula Geiginger, climate researcher Helga Kromp-Kolb outlines ways in which the wheel can still be turned on climate change. She argues that people are ahead of the politicians, and that sacrificing life's essentials isn't necessary. According to the climate report published on Monday, temperatures are set to rise by an average of 1.5 degrees by 2030. The ZAMG projects a temperature increase of 5 degrees for Austria by 2100. Climate researcher Helga Kromp-Kolb notes that the impacts of climate change have already been visible in many examples this year.

What we'll be seeing more of are prolonged heatwaves and nights that no longer cool down, preventing the body from recovering. We can expect heavy rainfall periods interrupted by long dry spells. The result: drought, heat, mudslides, and wildfires. "All these extreme events that we've already experienced in isolated cases this year can occur anywhere. And they will become more severe and more frequent. That will definitely be the case at plus 5 degrees," says the climate researcher.  

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You can also watch the interview with Helga Kromp-Kolb here.

Marc Olefs, climate researcher at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, explains in conversation with PULS 24 the consequences of climate change: heat, drought, and severe storms and how climate change will affect Austria.

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