WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, UCL: Ecology - Heatwaves and Profits: Same Culprits, Same Battles! (fr, ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 In August 2025, the second heatwave of the year hits three-quarters of

France, with extreme heat in many communities. It follows the June
heatwave, with temperatures 10°C above seasonal norms. ---- Contrary to
what some climate skeptics or confusionists claim, there is a scientific
consensus: we are experiencing accelerating global warming, and we are
still only feeling its initial effects! Between 1950 and 1970,
Météo-France recorded a heatwave every four years. During the last
decade, it recorded two per year (eight times more).

However, global warming does not impact us all equally, and those most
affected are also those who contribute the least to it. Countries in the
Global South are bearing the brunt of its consequences. In Asia, nearly
half a million people die each year from heat-related causes, according
to The Lancet. In 2024, 242 million students worldwide will have missed
school due to extreme weather conditions (UNICEF).

In every country, the most vulnerable suffer more from heatwaves in
their daily lives than the middle-class. Working conditions are rarely
improved and are becoming unbearable, increasing health risks. Yet, the
law still does not provide for a maximum safe temperature for workers.

Our leaders constantly call on us to take individual action, but the
culprits are states and large capitalist corporations, which hold the
power and wealth. The culprits-who refuse to make decisions and
implement them-continue to enrich themselves: they use state and
European institutions, the media, and lobbying to perpetuate the
capitalist system that threatens the living conditions of billions of
people and destroys the environment.

Yet it is possible to push them back through organization: the fight
against the A69, the abandonment of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport
project, the fight against mega-wastewatersheds, counter-summits, and
many others are all ways to change the world through struggle. The
various union, political, community, and civic organizations have proven
that we can transform our fear and powerlessness into anger and engage
in a power struggle to defeat the capitalist system!

Let's organize to build a more egalitarian society, respectful of
everyone and our environment!

Libertarian Communist Union, August 20, 2025.

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