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Europe Confirmed as Fastest-Warming Continent in New 2025 Climate Report

Scientists warn a likely El Niño could push temperatures higher into 2027.

ACTU Pushes National Heat Standard to Let Workers Stop Work in Extreme Heat

Otways Bushfire Warnings Downgraded as Heatwave Pushes Inland

Heatwave Triggers Record Flying-Fox Die-Off in Illawarra

South-Eastern Heatwave Triggers Fire Bans and Bushfire Emergencies as Temperatures Top 42C

Simple Fan Hacks Use Wet Towels and Frozen Bottles to Boost Cooling

Extreme Heatwave Sweeps Australia as NSW Braces for Peak Heat and Fire Danger

Study Warns Heatwaves Will Persist for a Millennium Even After Net Zero

Heatwaves Drove 9% of India’s Summer Peak Power in 2024, COP30 Report Warns

Every 5-Year Net Zero Delay Means Hotter, Longer Heatwaves for a Millennium

France’s 2025 Wine Harvest Cut to About 36 Million Hectolitres After August Heatwave

Copernicus Report Finds Oceans Warming Faster as Prolonged Heatwaves Reshape Marine Ecosystems

Rapid Analyses Tie Nearly 70% of Europe’s Summer Heat Deaths to Human-Driven Warming

Climate Change Linked to 16,500 Additional Heat Deaths in European Cities This Summer

Study Estimates Climate Change Drove 16,500 of 24,400 Summer Heat Deaths in European Cities

Nature Study Ties 180 Carbon Majors to Hundreds of Heatwaves, Bolstering Climate Liability Cases

Nature Study Ties 180 Fossil-Fuel and Cement Producers to Heatwave Intensification Worldwide

World Athletics Moves Tokyo Marathons and Race Walks to 7:30 a.m. to Counter Heat

France’s August Heatwave Saw at Least 280 Excess Deaths, Health Agency Says

Nature Study Ties Heatwaves to Major Emitters, Raising Climate Liability Stakes