Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. What is to blame?
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Key context: <p>The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly </p><p>The whole world is getting hotter as carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning traps ever more heat, but Europe is heating up twice as fast as other continents. The consequences are increasingly deadly, with tens of thousands of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/30/excess-deaths-caused-by-heatwaves-in-england-almost-double-so-far-this-year">heatwave deaths</a> so far this summer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/europe-worlds-fastest-warming-continent-climate-crisis-explainer">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly The whole world is getting hotter as carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning traps ever more heat, but Europe is heating up twice as fast as other continents. The consequences are increasingly deadly, with tens of thousands of heatwave deaths so far this summer. Continue reading...
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