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1. 2 Sep 21 5:03 AM

   Outside climate scientist calls findings an intergenerational injustice

   Raúl Cordero of the University of Groningen, who was not involved in the study, said it underscored the unequal burden climate change places on younger generations, citing record-breaking fires in Belgium and western Germany this summer that forced his relatives to flee.

   “An unstoppable fire engulfing a town? This kind of emergency would have been unthinkable for Germans of older generations.”

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     Children born today could face up to twice as much fire-prone weather over their lifetimes as their grandparents, with southern Europe particularly exposed.

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2. 1 Sep 21 5:00 AM

   Researchers say limiting warming to 1.5C would cut exposure

   The study modelled 21 warming scenarios from 1.5C to 3.5C by century's end; under current policies warming reaches 2.6C, but capping warming at 1.5C would spare children born in 2025 from 1.3 years of the extreme fire weather they would otherwise face.

   1. 1 outlet European children could face almost twice as much extreme fire weather: Study

      first by Anadolu Agency, 2d ago

   2. 1 outlet Born into a burning Europe: How extreme fire weather will worsen for children and how to stop it

      first by Euronews, 2d ago

3. backgroundSep 21

   Spain and Mediterranean projected to see steepest increases — A related analysis by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Murcia finds people born in Spain in 2025 will endure 7.3 years of extreme fire weather over their lifetimes, 3.8 years more than those born in 1950, with the Mediterranean region seeing the fastest rise; generation Beta there faces five more years of exposure than boomers.

4. backgroundSep 21

   Study finds children face 84% more extreme fire weather than grandparents — Researchers combined demographic data with global climate model outputs to calculate lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather, finding a child born in Europe in 2025 will face three more years of such conditions than someone born in 1950 under current policies, an 84% increase, 86% of it attributable to climate change.