CO2: 432.34 ppmFrance has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave, as European cities see more record temperatures.
A heat wave is hitting Central and Eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark.
Authorities are attempting to reduce the pressure on hospitals as the city swelters under extreme heat.
A heat-related power outage left around 68,000 homes without electricity in western France as record-breaking heat sweeps Europe.
Increased extreme weather tied to human-caused climate change leads the UN climate agency to say the next five years should shatter more heat records.
Several European countries issued red weather alerts as a fresh bout of extreme heat pushed temperatures beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 40 people who died by drowning since last Thursday were mainly young people.
The heat is changing the continent’s interest in cooling technologies of all kinds.
“It is just unbearable,” one Paris resident said.
More than a dozen countries have issued urgent heat warnings. France saw its highest average temperature ever on Tuesday.
More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary
Only 20% European homes have AC, compared to 90% in the U.S., but as the climate changes, that vast gulf may be set to shrink.
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress
A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies