There is still a worrying amount of people around the world who refuse to acknowledge that our planet is getting warmer. Both economic pressures and political chaos can be blamed for a stubborn approach to this issue, but one thing is for certain, once the temperature reaches a threshold that is a global average temperature about 1.2C higher than where we are currently, the uncontrollable spiral to a toxic atmosphere will begin.
The race organisors released a very short statement before the race:
Racing is abandoned due to extreme temperatures.– Statement, British Horseracing Authority
This is not a common occurrence in horse racing, and many will not be used to seeing their favourite sports events being cancelled for the weather being too hot!
Trump denies global warming
It is especially shocking the most powerful man in the world still objects to the notion that the effect of burning fossil fuels is the largest contributing factor to the global temperature increase. One can sympathise with the insurmountable scale of the task of changing human behaviour to an extent where reducing carbon emissions takes prevalence over economic interests, especially in countries like India and China. But destroying the Paris agreement last year was a huge step in the wrong direction. But why would Trump care, he will be dead before the full effects of global warming are realised.
