Heat domes expose cracks in Europe’s climate resilience – Is the EU planning for a hotter future?
Heat domes expose cracks in Europe’s climate resilience – Is the EU planning for a hotter future?
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The European Parliament declared a climate emergency in 2019, and yet the EU seems to keep getting caught out by severe heatwaves and heat domes. With this summer’s temperatures set to smash records – and cause misery for millions of sweltering Europeans – we ask if the EU has neglected short-term measures to help people caught under these heat domes.
Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Oihana Almandoz
