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Heat and green energy on the rise in Europe
- Extreme European heat and record sea temperatures in 2025 underscore urgent climate action, with the Copernicus/WMO report showing unprecedented warmth across the continent.
- Renewables power nearly half of Europe’s electricity in 2025, signaling a shift away from fossil fuels as wind and solar lead the way.
- Solar energy hits a new milestone, providing around 13% of Europe’s electricity in 2025, with multiple countries drawing a fifth of their power from solar.
- The 2025 climate findings emphasize urgent action as climate change accelerates heat, drought, and wildfire risks across Europe.
- Europe records its warmest year in multiple regions, including the UK, Norway, and Iceland, highlighting widespread temperature extremes.
- Lancet Countdown estimates place heat-related deaths near 63,000 in 2024, underscoring the human toll of rising temperatures.
- Drought dominates Europe in May 2025, with more than half the continent experiencing varied drought levels and record dry soil moisture.
- Greece endures one of its worst wildfire outbreaks in recent years, illustrating escalating fire risk amid a warmer, drier climate.
- EU energy policy increasingly centers on energy security and resilience as fossil-fuel markets remain volatile amid geopolitical tensions.
- The new reference places climate impacts in a global context, linking rapid European warming to broader socioeconomic and biodiversity consequences.
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