Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2021, while being ravaged by floods, heatwaves and fires, according to a report published Friday by the European Union's Copernicus climate change service, showing that global warming is sharply on the rise.
Less than three weeks after the publication of the latest IPCC report, warning that the world’s temperature is set to reach the critical 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels within the next two decades, the European Union’s climate change service has issued another alarming finding.
