Keywords: Extreme heat
Europe has recorded more than 30,000 excess deaths during a summer marked by repeated heatwaves, prolonged drought and severe wildfires, according to provisional estimates. Scientists have linked the increasing intensity of extreme heat to human-driven climate change. The EuroMOMO monitoring platform......
Climate change could expose older adults to dangerous heat far more frequently than previously projected, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Researchers from Stanford University examined how rising global temperatures could affect people aged over 60 through the end of......
Portugal is facing one of its most severe wildfire seasons in recent years, with more than 139,000 hectares of land destroyed by fires since the beginning of 2026, according to provisional data from the Portuguese Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests. The latest figures show that 139,091 hectares......
Europe’s increasingly frequent heatwaves are creating a financial challenge for businesses that traditional insurance policies often fail to cover, leaving companies to absorb losses caused by extreme temperatures. The problem is becoming more visible across sectors as prolonged periods of high......
Most inland areas of Portugal and the Algarve region are facing extreme or very high wildfire danger as temperatures are expected to increase and stronger winds are forecast, particularly in the south of the country. The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere has placed around 70 municipalities......
Repeated heatwaves this summer could generate between €10 billion and €15 billion in direct and indirect costs for France, according to Ecology Minister Monique Barbut. The estimate was presented on Wednesday as the government convened a crisis meeting focused on the country's worsening......
July 2026 has set a new temperature record in the United States, becoming the hottest July ever recorded across the contiguous 48 states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The average temperature reached approximately 24.9°C across the lower 48 states, around......
Around 900 million people worldwide experienced their hottest July ever recorded in 2026, as exceptional temperatures affected large parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas. The extreme heat was particularly pronounced in the Sahel, where several countries recorded unprecedented July temperatures.......
Western Europe experienced exceptionally high temperatures during June and July, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union. The region recorded an average temperature of 21.62°C over the period, making it the warmest June-July period in the available record. The figure......
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