The global average temperature reached a new record high on July 5th this month (17.05 degrees Celsius). The summer of 2023 is expected to be the hottest summer in recent years worldwide.

The reasons why climate change is not taken seriously in Japan include the fact that Japan is a country with an abundance of water, there have been no large-scale forest fires, and facilities such as air conditioning are in place. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think that because we are still able to live a normal life, it is difficult to notice the problems the world is facing. There are places where the summer heat is so intense that countermeasures are ineffective, and places where forest fires are not stopping.
It's the same scorching hot day. But for some reason, don't you feel a "temperature difference" there?