话题09：气候变化及影响 2023届高考英语阅读理解最新热点话题预测分类训练（全国通用）

【高考英语三轮冲刺】话题09 气候变化及影响10篇 2023届高考英语阅读理解最新热点话题分类训练（全国通用） 1. （2023·浙江金华·校联考二模） As the climate crisis speeds up, Europe is warming faster than any other region, according to a new State of the  Climate in Europe report from the World Meteorological Organization. The WMO report comes ahead of the UN’s international climate summit in Egypt, and is one in a series of reports over the past several weeks that show how the world is off-track on its climate goals. Not only are countries  missing  the mark on their efforts to reduce planet-warming fossil fuel emissions (排放物), but measurements show temperatures are already skyrocketing. Some continents are feeling that rise more than others. Wednesday’s report shows temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years — at a rate of about 0.5 degrees Celsius per decade. Recent reports show how the region’s temperature rise is fueling extreme weather. Year-to-date through July, the number of wildfires in the EU was four times the 15-year average. A deadly, record-breaking heatwave in the UK harmed public health and bent infrastructure (基础设施). Exceptional drought troubled the continent this summer, drying up some of the world’s most economically important rivers. And that drought that came on the heels of some of the most destructive floods Europe has ever seen. “Europe presents a live picture of a warming world and reminds us that even well-prepared societies are not safe  from impacts of extreme weather events,” said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a forward on the report. “European society is vulnerable (易受伤害的) to climate variability and change, but Europe is also at the  forefront of the international effort to address climate change and to develop innovative solutions to adapt to the new climate Europeans will have to live with,” Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement. Taalas said in his forward that although Europe’s pac