Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap!
The European heatwave moved east with high temperatures reported from Paris to Warsaw and talk of potentially record temperatures in Germany (12:13), as a political row broke out in France (13:57) over air conditioning.
At least eight deaths linked with extreme heat were reported across the continent, including in a wildfire in Spain (13:32).
It comes on the day as the European Commission has announced that the EU should slash its planet-heating pollution by 90% by 2040 in a proposed change to its climate law that falls short of what its scientists have advised (11:57, 15:58).
The plan’s small print, however, raised questions over whether it signals the bloc’s retreat as leader on climate action (16:20).
Talking to the Guardian, the EU’s green transition chief warned that political cowardice is hindering European efforts to face up to the effects of the climate crisis, even as the continent is pummelled by a record-breaking heatwave (9:32).
And that’s all from me, Jakub Krupa, for today. Stay cool, and see you again tomorrow.
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Worth noting that this offer comes a day after some parts of Italy introduced limits on outdoors work after reports about construction workers dying in the heatwave, with unions saying that “companies must give absolute priority to the protection of workers.”
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