European heatwaves worsening

Europe’s heatwaves are getting hotter due to pollution, according to
a new report from World Weather Attribution, which finds Paris
hardest hit with an average increase of 2.4°C since 2003

AMOUNT BY WHICH HEATWAVES HAVE BECOME HOTTER
SINCE 2003 AND HOW THAT HAS AFFECTED CAPITAL CITIES
(three-day mean of daily maximum temperatures, annual °C)

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Paris
London
Brussels
Luxembourg
Amsterdam
Vienna
Ljubljana
Rome
Bern
Madrid
Prague
Bratislava
Berlin
Zagreb
Budapest
Dublin
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Oslo

2.4
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.2
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.5

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Change in temperature (°C)

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Tinted panels: Warming more than double global mean increase

Sources: World Weather Attribution, Bloomberg
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