They say the sequel is always worse than the original, but Al Gore’s first film set the bar pretty low. Eleven years ago, “An Inconvenient Truth” hyped global warming by relying more on scare tactics than science. This weekend Mr. Gore is back with “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” If the trailer is any indication, it promises to be more of the same.

In questo periodo dell'anno è difficile sfuggire al caldo, persino sulla stampa. 
«Le ondate di caldo mortali diventano sempre più comuni a causa del cambiamento climatico», annuncia la Cnn. «Ondate di calore estreme cambieranno la nostra vita. Non siamo pronti», avverte la rivista Time. 
Alcune storie fanno più scalpore di altre ma il filo conduttore è unico: la frequenza e la ferocia delle ondate di calore pericolose aumenterà a causa del riscaldamento della Terra. 

La pobreza es la aflicción más cruel de la humanidad. Si usted es extremadamente pobre, lo más probable es que no pueda evitar ser víctima de enfermedades fácilmente curables y que causan una de cada seis muertes humanas. Sus pulmones probablemente estén llenos de contaminación, y especialmente porque en el interior de su casa, al igual que les sucede a otros 2.700 millones de personas, usted cocina con combustibles como la madera, lo que tiene el mismo efecto que fumar dos paquetes de cigarrillos por día.

Es un trabajo duro el que le corresponde al nuevo director general electo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). El ex ministro etíope de Salud y Asuntos Exteriores Tedros Adhanom tiene 4 mil 500 millones de dólares al año para gastar, pero cuando usted está tratando de mejorar la salud pública en un planeta de 7 mil 500 millones de personas, debe usarlo sabiamente.

Zabarwione politycznie relacje o temperaturach tego lata dają wiele żaru, ale mało światła.

“Zabójcze fale upałów stają się częstsze z powodu zmiany klimatu” - oznajmia CNN. “Fale skrajnych upałów zmienią nasz sposób życia. Nie jesteśmy gotowi” - ostrzega TIME.

Jedne relacje są bardziej sensacyjne niż inne, ale wszędzie jest ten sam temat: niebezpieczne fale gorąca będą częstsze i ostrzejsze z powodu globalnego ocieplenia. 

Gov. Jerry Brown has won praise for promising that California will live up to the Paris accord despite President Trump’s withdrawal from the treaty. He also signed a climate deal with China last month, and has unveiled plans for a global climate summit in San Francisco next year. Earlier this week, California lawmakers voted to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program for another 10 years.

The message is clear: With a few other states, California is going it alone — an approach that is popular locally and resonates with much of the world.

Proposed cutbacks to nearly all nonmilitary spending in the Trump administration’s budget proposal have generated strong opposition from a range of groups. Cuts to teacher training and education grants agitate teacher unions; decreases to agricultural subsidies are criticized by congressmen representing farmers; disability advocates decry plans to tighten insurance criteria.

One proposed cut does not have a powerful U.S. advocacy group fighting against it — yet the money is one of the best ways of helping improve the lot of humanity.

It is one of the best untold stories in the annals of development: great strides have been made against malaria, a disease that was once endemic across the world and, more recently, has remained the scourge of developing countries. Over the last 15 years, more than six million lives have been saved. Even better, the lessons of that success can – and therefore should – be applied to other great development challenges.

Trump merece ser criticado por abandonar o acordo climático de Paris sem nenhum plano de acção alternativo. Mas, ignorando a realidade, o resto do mundo não está a fazer muito melhor.

A decisão do presidente Donald Trump de retirar os Estados Unidos do Acordo de Paris deixa o país sem uma política para o aquecimento global. Isso é alarmante. Mas a resposta do mundo – redobrar os esforços, em oposição a Trump – também deve causar preocupação.

Politically tinged coverage of summer temperatures offers a lot of heat but not much light.

“Deadly heat waves becoming more common due to climate change,” declares CNN. “Extreme heat waves will change how we live. We’re not ready,” warns TIME.

Some stories are more sensationalist than others, but there is a common theme: Dangerous heat waves will increase in frequency and ferocity because of global warming.