“We haven’t seen the worst yet,” warns meteorologist on Cyprus heatwaves

Meteorologists and experts warned us in good time. That the mercury would rise, that even more temperature records would fall, that conditions would become increasingly unbearable. Those warnings went unheeded, and the steps taken to tackle climate change proved far too few.

The course we’re now living through, then, was already set. Summers have stopped being a season of leisure and holidays, as the extremely high temperatures being recorded turn everyday life into a gruelling ordeal. We’re...