Is Europe’s record heatwave a sign of its future climate? | Global News Podcast

Tens of millions of people across western Europe are sweltering under unusually high temperatures.

A maximum red heatwave alert covers more than half of France, where temperatures have broken the average record for June. The heat is also touching 40 Celsius in Spain and Portugal.

The BBC’s climate editor Justin Rowlatt tells us how European governments are attempting to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, both now and long into the future.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:27 Is this heatwave a sign of what’s to come?
01:31 Weather forecast projections for the next few decades
03:03 Reflection on Europe heatwave in 2003
04:23 How are governments responding to heatwaves?
06:08 Are countries acting urgently on climate change?
07:25 How much worse could it get?
08:18 Could urbanisation be reversed because of extreme temperatures?