PARIS: Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday (Jun 19), noting that the world's fastest-warming continent was about 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times. Crop-withering drought, record sea-surface temperatures an
Increasing temperatures have taken a toll on economies and ecosystems, the report said.
Marine heatwaves - which can displace or even kill species - also lasted for up to five months in several regions including the western Mediterranean Sea, English Channel and southern Arctic. The Spanish water reserve decreased to less than half of capacity by July as the Iberian Peninsula saw its fourth drier-than-average year in a row in 2022.
But, in one positive sign for the future, the report noted that wind and solar power generated 22.3 per cent of European Union electricity in 2022, overtaking fossil gas for the first time.
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