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Pilita Clark

@pilitaclark.bsky.social

Financial Times columnist. Writing about climate change and corporate life, not always in that order.

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Pilita Clark@pilitaclark.bsky.social · last mo.

One thing I didn’t expect to see at London Climate Action Week in June: an event on extreme heat cancelled because of extreme heat.

Grantham Research Institute at LSE@granthamlse.bsky.social · last mo.

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

MetJam@metjam.co.uk · 2mo ago

34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.

Spaghetti plot showing Kew and Kew Gardens temperatures since 1881 with May and June records highlighted at 30.3ºC in 1922 and 34.6ºC in 1976 respectively. 2026 is plotted as a thick red line that nearly exceeds 35ºC with a value of 34.8ºC.