Western Europe records its hottest June on record as the Copernicus Climate Change Service reports regional temperatures more than 3°C above 1991-2020 norms and global June ranks second-hottest, while a strengthening El Niño intensifies ocean heat.A persistent heat dome and successive heatwaves from May into July cause extreme humidity, little nighttime relief and deadly impacts: wildfires in southern France burned over 11,000 acres, forced about 10,000 evacuations and France reported about 1,000 excess heat-related deaths.Scientists including
Samantha Burgess of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts warn that marine heatwaves, drought and stressed infrastructure will worsen without rapid cuts to fossil fuel emissions and accelerated adaptation planning.