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Radio France Internationale
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Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029

A wildfire burning near a highway in A Gudina, Spain, on 15 August 2025, when the whole country was on a heatwave alert. © Cesar Manso/AFP

This summer’s heatwaves, droughts, and floods are expected to cost the European economy more than €120 billion in the long term, according to a new study.

"It’s estimated that between June and August 2025, extreme weather events in these regions will cost the economy nearly €43 billion and €126 billion by 2029," Sehrish Usman from the University of Mannheim, the study's lead author, told RFI.

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