00:01Western Europe experienced its hottest June on record this year as a heatwave swept across the continent,
00:08according to data from the EU's climate monitor Copernicus.
00:12The report comes as a new heatwave hits Europe this week,
00:15with temperatures above 30 degrees expected to persist well into next week in Western Europe,
00:21while Southern Europe battles wildfires and record temperatures above 40 degrees.
00:26The average temperature in Western Europe reached 20.74 degrees in June,
00:32more than three degrees above the norm during the past three decades, Copernicus said.
00:37Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent as human-induced climate change fuels more frequent and more intense heatwaves on
00:45the continent.
00:46Thousands of deaths were linked to the June heatwave, mostly in France, Spain and Belgium.
00:52Climate scientists say Europe needs adaptation plans to cope with climate change,
00:57including renovating older buildings to be able to cope better with the heat,
01:01but also getting to net-zero emissions from the burning of fossil fuels as soon as possible.
01:08Interest by the ANTICS
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