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Families in Europe’s Scorched Cities Are Being Tested By Heat

Parents face difficult choices to protect children amid punishing extreme temperatures

Meqrane Sahraui, de 43 años, se sienta con su hija Jana, de 4 años, en la única gran zona verde del distrito de Puente de Vallecas durante una tarde de junio mientras esperan a que bajen las temperaturas. Foto: Scarlett Casciello para Bloomberg
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Spain Saw Record Heat Deaths for June After Heat Wave Hit Europe

Spain experienced its deadliest ever June for heat mortality after record-breaking temperatures scorched Europe.

Tourists shield themselves from the sun while visiting the Sagrada Familia cathedral during high temperatures in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. The deadly heat wave gripping northwest Europe is set to intensify in Spain and France, lifting power demand for cooling and threatening fresh temperature records.
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Paris Embraces District Cooling to Battle Deadly Heat

Europe is experiencing an early, intense heat wave.

Tourists use umbrellas for shade at the Louvre Museum during high temperatures in central Paris, France, on Friday, June 26, 2026. The intense and unusually early heat underscores how climate change is transforming summers in the world’s fastest-warming continent. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg
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Europe’s Record-Breaking Heat Wave Prompts Questions About How to Adapt

The fastest-warming continent is facing tough questions about how to adapt.

A tanned man walks topless during high temperatures in central Paris, France, on Friday, June 26, 2026. The intense and unusually early heat underscores how climate change is transforming summers in the world’s fastest-warming continent. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg
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Climate Negotiators Reach Finance Sticking Point in Bonn Talks

Representatives at the United Nations talks couldn’t agree on how to pay to combat global warming.

Medics and health professionals march during a "Global Day of Action" protest on the sidelines of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures. Photographer: Emily Macinnes/Bloomberg
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