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3. JUst be clear, climate refers to long-term trends in weather over many years...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 04:18 PM
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Europe is having unusually hot weather, the leverage of that hot weather on a couple decades of historic data is likely to be much smaller than the record breaking drama we're witnessing. That's just how the math goes....

And that isn't to deny climate change, there are certainly observable trends supporting global warming.

As analysis of this is conducted, we'll get to understand just how much these days has bent the long-term trajectory, which undoubtedly is being modelled against what is known to be a non-linear upward curving trend. I think that will be available in pretty short order, probably in press by autumn

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