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malaise

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Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:49 AM
Jul 2025

Climate Change is real -
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/extreme-weather-floods-droughts-and-heatwaves

That Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world is becoming increasingly perceptible. The year 2024 was the hottest on record, both in Europe and globally. Around two million people across Central Europe were affected by severe flooding in September, followed by extensive floods in Valencia in October, which killed over 200 people and destroyed homes and businesses. In the first six months of 2025, 208.000 hectares of forest have already been destroyed by wildfires.

Over the past decades, Europe has been experiencing frequent and severe weather and climate-related natural hazards like droughts, forest fires, heatwaves, storms and heavy rain. Climate change will make these events even more intense and more frequent.

Extreme temperatures do not only impact the health of vulnerable groups but also cause sleep disturbance for everyone. Rivers and lakes are drying up, impacting all life dependent on them. Soils are also getting drier, increasing fire risks and reducing agricultural productivity.

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