A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming.
Human-caused climate change made this month’s roasting heat in Western Europe much more likely than it would have been even just two decades ago, scientists said Friday, highlighting the rapidly escalating risks to health and livelihoods from the burning of fossil fuels.
The report itself is here
Good to know, let’s ignore it
Yeah, you already see the talking points. “but the economy” and “weather is always changing”.
But this climate thing is costing them money too now. People staying out of the streets because of heat is less spending. Cities saying they’ll have to adapt promptly demand several billions because adapting ain’t cheap.
If you want to be cynical at least this weather becoming more regular will eventually help with the financial problems of the retirement- and healthcare-systems in an aging European population by lowering life-expectancy again
Same as last year and the one before that. I assume we’ll get the same articles in 2027 as well.
Yes, we need to talk about it ad nauseum, but not change the way we do anything until we can no longer do it.