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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

MYSTERIOUS: Madagascan heatwave virtually impossible without human caused global heating - What They Never Told You

Children bathe outside in the village of Tanindrato in south-western Madagascar
More than 90% of Madagascans live in poverty, making it hard to deal with extreme heat. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/UNICEF

A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused global heating, a study has shown.

The extreme temperatures affected millions of very poor people but the damage to their lives was not recorded by officials or the media. Many governments in Africa lack the capabilities to record climate impacts. The scientists behind the report said this lack of information made implementing measures to avoid deaths very difficult.

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