From the staid London Times:
The government’s chief scientific adviser has warned that climate change could destabilise populations across Europe, potentially triggering a wave of migrants heading for cooler regions such as the British Isles and Scandinavia.
Professor John Beddington believes that, without deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, average temperatures could rise by about 6C by 2060 in countries including Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey.
This would make most cities unbearably hot in summer, while destroying agriculture and turning much of southern Europe into a desert. The result could be that millions of people will migrate northwards.
“It is going to be extremely unpleasant to live in southern Europe and may not be feasible for the current level of population so many people may need to move,” said Beddington. “Northern Europe will be a far more attractive place to live.”
But summering in Scotland may be a vain hope on my part. Recently the rains in summer there have been awful, I hear from visitors and reporters alike. Aberdeen had its wettest summer since l943, with the equivalent of a month's rain in a singe day, according to the BBC.
Here's a picture of an Aberdeen street in early September from Mark McHardy:
