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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62648912

A BBC report on this has just been issued. The references to climate change are more moderate than usual which is probably because it is from the EU.

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We were in England in 1975-76, when they had a real, long-lasting drought and heat waves.

https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/recalling-1976-drought-40-years

My aunt lived in the near Northwest part of London. The drought loosened the soil around the apartment building in which she lived to the point where the foundation of the building cracked.

We visited Scotland for a week in April. There was no rain the entire week, not even in the northwest (Skye)!

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It must have been dry if there was no rain in Skye, Eilan an Ceo, the Misty Isle.

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Yes. We had no rain while visiting the region with our 1 year and 4 year old daughters!

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Not a climate point.. but I still remember the summer of 1976. Endless joy for a child. Perfect weather, sunshine, blue skies. 46 years later and I still remember how good it felt.

So a long time later, 1997, I moved to Queensland, Australia. Endless blue skies and sunshine.

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There seems to be confusion about whether the first quote refers to meteorological or hydrological drought: With respect to meteorological drought in Western and Central Europe the IPCC could not be stronger in its conclusion:

"in areas of Western and Central Europe and Northern Europe, there is no evidence of changes in the severity of hydrological droughts since 1950"

For hydrological drought the IPCC is also quite strong in its conclusions:

Low confidence: Weak or insignificant trends

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"...has concluded that drought has not increased and, logically, that increased drought cannot be attributed to human-caused climate change."

In this sentence "increased drought" means "extreme drought event".

The attribution of such events to a single cause, or a single culprit, dates back to the dawn of time (the wrath of God due to human evil, an act of witchcraft, or a foe's barbarity). The absence of an identified (preferably anthropogenic) cause is unacceptable, which is why the demonstration made in this article will not be taken up by either the media or any politician.

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