Southern Europe is sick of tourists
Water scarcity, overcrowded streets and rising housing costs are infuriating locals.
Heat wave
Europe’s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change
Ursula von der Leyen faces pressure from the south over climate adaptation plans.
Severe heat causes more than 175,000 deaths annually across European region
Europe keeps warming at about twice the global average.
Heatwave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change
Scientists said a heatwave that has stretched across Mediterranean countries would have been 3 degrees Celsius cooler were it not for years of fossil fuel emissions.
Greece restricts outdoor work as temperatures soar again
Greece has ordered some businesses not to let their employees perform heavy outdoor duties during afternoon hours this week as the country sizzles in yet another heat wave.
Southern Europe scorched by heat wave as temperatures surpass 40°C
Governments across southern Europe have issued severe weather warnings as temperatures soar past 40 degrees Celsius. The heat wave has already claimed the life of an elderly man in Albania, who was found dead in his farm south of the capital Tirana.
Red alert issued in Croatia as country swelters through heatwave
The latest red alert comes as a sizzling heat wave sends temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places.
A hot London night, a trail of blood and climate change
Climate change never acts in isolation; it pries open fissures that are already there. And perhaps it changed the course of events on a hot Saturday night.
French prosecutors probe Champagne grape-pickers’ deaths in extreme heat
‘With climate change, the situation is bound to get worse,’ union rep says on French radio.
Summer 2023 was the hottest ever, scientists say
This summer was the hottest on record “by a large margin,” the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said today, with a global average temperature of 16.77 degrees Celsius, which is 0.66C above the 1991-2020 average. “Global temperature records continue to tumble in 2023, with the warmest August following on from the warmest July and June leading to […]
18 people die in Greek forest amid raging wildfires
Investigators probe whether the bodies were migrants crossing from Turkey.
EU countries cut firefighter jobs despite climate crisis, new data shows
It’s a ‘recipe for disaster,’ union chief says.
July world’s hottest month on record, scientists confirm
Ocean temperatures also hit new highs, according to the EU’s Copernicus monitoring service.
Now is the time to double down on green pledges — not back down
At its heart, tackling climate change is a conservative mission to protect our planet and build a more prosperous country.
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
Greek minister resigns after vacationing while wildfires rage
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accepted the resignation of the minister responsible for public security services, including police, who have assisted fire service.
Wildfires trigger explosions at ammo warehouse in Greece
Wildfires have also engulfed popular Greek tourist destinations such as Corfu, Evia and Rhodes.
Fires rage in Greece as military mourns water-dropping plane pilots killed in crash
A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, killing both pilots, as authorities battled blazes that have been raging for days across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures.
Forget the climate emergency and enjoy your holiday, say Europe’s tourism chiefs
Italy may be frying, but the country’s tourism board says visitors ‘will find a climate suitable for the summer season.’
Firefighting plane crashes in Greece as wildfires rage
There’s no magical solution, says Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Major Sicily airport shuts due to huge wildfire
Palermo airport cancels operations until 11 a.m.
This summer is what climate change looks like, scientists say
July’s record temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere driven by climate change, new study finds.
The Spanish elections and potential outcomes, explained
Sunday’s vote could usher the far right into government … or make Spain the Belgium of the south.
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
Bike couriers face the heat — or risk losing income
Workers making deliveries for platforms in sweltering conditions face health hazards while trying to make ends meet.