Europe's Climate Crisis: Fastest Warming Continent.

Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising 1.5C above preindustrial levels over the last 30 years, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The report warns of more deadly heatwaves, crop-withering droughts, and unprecedented glacier melt. The increasing temperatures have taken a toll on economies and ecosystems, with severe heat leaving more than 16,000 people dead last year and floods and storms accounting for most of the $2 billion in damages from weather and climate extremes. However, the report notes that wind and solar power generated 22.3% of European Union electricity in 2022, overtaking fossil gas for the first time.