heat waves

Study finds Europe’s summer heat killed over 50,000

Repeated heat waves in Europe this summer killed an estimated 50,391 people in the continent's cities, and about two-thirds of those deaths, 32,619, came from the extra heat added by burning coal, oil and gas, according to a study in…

Study ties post-Paris Agreement emissions to worse European heat waves

A massive heat dome is building across Europe as September draws to a close, delivering unseasonably high temperatures that forecasters expect to persist into early October — arriving just as a new study quantifies how greenhouse gas emissions released since…

Solar power stabilized Europe’s grid as heat waves crippled nuclear and gas plants

Five heat waves since May have made the summer of 2026 the hottest on record for Western Europe, exposing vulnerabilities in the continent's energy infrastructure while deepening political divides over how to respond. Amid the crisis, solar power has emerged…

COP29 chief warns heat waves outpacing climate forecasts

A record-breaking series of heat waves sweeping across Europe and the United States has alarmed climate scientists and energy officials, with Azerbaijan's climate representative warning that extreme weather is outpacing expectations and disrupting even nuclear power generation.

JPMorgan warns extreme heat is reshaping energy demand

As Europe endures its second deadly heat dome in two months, JPMorgan Chase is warning that the increasing frequency of extreme heat events is fundamentally altering how the world consumes energy — and straining infrastructure to its breaking point.