Add to that last summer’s scorching heatwaves, which ignited an inflationary spiral as electric utilities everywhere sucked up supplies for natural gas-based generation to keep air-conditioners running full blast during peak summer demand.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2566534/ex-a-15year-high-in-natural-gas-prices-and-war-in-ukraine-are-main.html

By 2050, over 2 billion children are forecast to face more frequent heatwaves or one of three other high heat events—high heatwave duration, high heatwave severity, or extreme high temperatures.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1760341/earth-day-2023-ph-advocates-tackle-reclamation-plastic-waste

"Climate change experts have warned it is possible that heatwaves will keep on coming more frequently and at higher intensities.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/public-health-association-deeply-concerned-strain-care-resources.1046284

Depending on where they develop blocked weather patterns can bring extremes of weather - heatwaves and cold spells, floods and drought.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/66177220?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Experts say climate change driven by human activity is boosting the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/05/residents-in-southern-spain-face-drinking-water-shortage-amid-persistant-drought

Extreme events such as ice shelf collapse or heatwaves combine in cascading, or multiplying effects that reach across the world but also threaten native species.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23707512.antarctica-suffering-burning-fossil-fuels-say-scientists/?ref=rss

Forest fires, heatwaves, floods, blizzards – climate chaos rages around the world at a rate faster than most scientist predicted.

Source: https://clarechampion.ie/the-big-question-should-we-keep-the-home-fires-burning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-big-question-should-we-keep-the-home-fires-burning

Godongwana said since South Africa is already among the most water-scarce countries in the world, this initiative would be vital in the face of extreme weather events in the future (floods, heatwaves, droughts, etc).

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/climate-change-budget-speech-2023/

He called for climate talks in Dubai this month to mark a "clear turning point" for a world already wracked by increasing floods, heatwaves and storms.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/11/world-severely-track-limit-planet-heating-emissions-un

“If we continue to recklessly burn more coal, oil and gas, heatwaves will become so extreme that some parts of the country will become effectively uninhabitable.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/09/heatwave-fire-flood-and-cyclone-sydney-temperatures-peak-at-43c-amid-wild-weather-across-australia

Increasingly hot and long marine heatwaves could kill all common sea stars by the end of the century.

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2355243-marine-heatwaves-could-wipe-out-all-common-sea-stars-by-2100/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In summer heatwaves are bound to happen and temp bound to hit 50 C easily and even soar beyond in arid regions.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/watch-man-saves-thirsty-camels-life-by-giving-water-to-it-4119086

Israel’s restrictive measures compound the woes of prisoners made to suffer through yearly heatwaves in prisons located in the desert or near hot, humid valleys that make life unbearable, the 51-year-old former detainee told Middle East Eye.

Source: https://www.vocfm.co.za/heatwave-in-israeli-jail-an-unbearable-life-for-palestinian-prisoners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heatwave-in-israeli-jail-an-unbearable-life-for-palestinian-prisoners

It also cites the IPCC saying heatwaves are becoming more frequent due to climate change.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/factbox-swiss-female-pensioners-vs-the-government-european-courts-first-climate-case/article_a22f77d6-1b72-57e6-8d2e-75e968cf3f17.html

Its guidance comes as southern Europe battles a series of devastating heatwaves that have seen tourist site closures and mass evacuations.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12312733/As-wildfires-grip-Europe-Foreign-Office-gives-warning-holiday-Britons-Wear-hat-not-light-barbecues.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

MADRID (AP) – Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires.

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2023/03/23/713518.htm

Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said that there is “a greater than normal chance” of heatwaves in the UK this summer, which is “consistent with our warming climate”.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/met-office-says-increased-likelihood-26921838

Nairn and the WMO believe naming heatwaves without this larger framework might put focus on the and draw attention and resources away from implementing heat warning systems and responses to protect the public.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/naming-heatwaves-hurricanes-cerberus-europe-prepare-extreme-heat

"No two fire seasons are exactly the same, but with so much 'fuel' in store from vegetation growth, the next El Niño riding on warming from increasing greenhouse gases is likely to induce severe bushfires and intense heatwaves," he said.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-update-australia-hot-dry-el-nino-event-could-form-once-la-nina-ends-climate-models-suggest/e4e3c3eb-95e2-40de-a5c3-1575434e8383

October to April is the peak time for severe weather in Australia including heatwaves, bushfires, tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms and floods.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-forecast-for-australia-in-spring-summer-heatwaves-bushfires-but-fewer-cyclones-bom-predicts/313fbc6b-c023-4082-b226-717e065b391b