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Warning as scientists find this year was one of the three hottest on record

Climate change made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded

The Independent UK

Climate change linked to 16,500 heat deaths in European cities this summer

Rising heat driven by climate change caused an estimated 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, researchers said Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Climate change fuelled wildfires of 'unprecedented intensity' in Spain and Portugal, experts say

Researchers warn that simultaneous fires across Europe are overwhelming firefighting resources.

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Scandinavian heatwave that saw reindeer flock to cities made 10 times more likely by climate crisis

Temperatures in parts of Norway and Sweden climbed to 33–35C, far above seasonal norms

The Independent UK

'Silent Killer': The Science Of Tracing Climate Deaths In Heatwaves

A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.

International Business Times

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths

The Independent UK

Climate change tripled death toll of latest European heatwave, first ever rapid study finds

A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.

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UK heatwave: Climate change has made 32C heat in England 100 times more likely, scientists say

Adaptation is still lagging behind the growing threat of extreme heat in the UK, the researchers warn.

Euronews

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis

High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

The Guardian - UK

Month of May was world’s second-warmest on record: EU scientists

The biggest temperature increases were recorded in the Middle East, West Asia, northeast Russia, and north Canada.

Al Jazeera

Greenland and Iceland saw record heat in May. What does that mean for the planet?

A new analysis says human-caused climate change had a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in May

The Independent UK

‘Old statistics do not apply’: Record-breaking Arctic heatwave made 3C hotter by climate change

Spring heat could be an emerging threat for vulnerable people in Iceland and Inuit communities in Greenland.

Euronews

Starmer government ‘trying to fix wings of a plane while already in flight’, veteran political adviser says

The cross-bench peer and former boss of BP fears the prime minister does not have a proper plan

The Independent UK

Climate expert: We’re talking about global warming ‘in the wrong way’

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.

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Scientists say they can now calculate the trillions in climate damage caused by fossil fuel giants

Experts believe the research could help bolster climate laws and make polluters pay for their role in global warming.

The Independent UK

The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last year

The Guardian - UK

Climatologist Friederike Otto: ‘The more unequal the society is, the more severe the climate disaster’

The German scientist on her new book arguing that inequality, wealth and sexism are making the climate crisis worse – and what we need to do about it

The Guardian - UK

Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice

In an exclusive extract from Friederike Otto’s new book, she says climate disasters result from inequality as well as fossil fuel

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Deadly floods, storms and heatwaves: Europe suffered the 'serious impacts’ of climate change in 2024

Storms and flooding across Europe last year affected a total of 413,000 people, led to the loss of at least 335 lives and are estimated to have cost at least €18 billion in damages.

The Independent UK

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires

The Guardian - UK

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows

The Independent UK

Record hot 2024 was first year to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists say

Climate datasets confirm last year was the hottest on record.

Evening Standard

2024 was hottest year on record and first to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists warn

Climate datasets confirm highest recorded temperatures amid extreme weather – with worse to come

Salon

Humanity failing to meet climate goals

There's still time to act to limit the worst effects of climate change, but we need political willpower

The Independent UK

Year of deadly weather: Climate change added 41 extra heat days and supercharged disasters

Scientists say 26 of 29 most severe disasters this year were intensified by climate crisis

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