Scorching record-breaking heatwave 'unequivocally' due to climate change
france24Friday, June 26, 2026

As Europe bakes under a relentless heatwave, human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for its intensity, scientists say. A similar heatwave would have been 3.5C cooler during the day in June 1976.
Even compared to 2003 -- when tens of thousands of people died in a major European heatwave -- the current episode was notably extreme. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us why.
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