Hydropower flow in the Alpine region is “close to an all-time low” amid Europe’s worsening summer drought.
Following back-to-back heatwaves – fuelled by human-caused climate change – and scant rainfall, much of the continent has been left parched. This has increased the likelihood of deadly wildfires that have ravaged countries like France, Spain, Greece and Türkiye, and forced hundreds of thousands to be evacuated.
