France is “set up for a climate that no longer exists”, according to a damning new report by an independent government council, which laid out urgent measures the country's leaders must take.
French forecasters have described the drought gripping the country as "exceptional", with experts suggesting the crisis could soon approach the level of the notorious summer of 1976.
A 2026 law now actively discourages the use of AC in new residential and commercial buildings in France. So how are the country's new builds being kept cool? And is it really the best approach?
Europe is still taking stock of a powerful heatwave in late June but experts are already confident it ranks among the worst ever recorded -- even rivalling a freak 2003 episode.
France endured a rise of nearly 30 percent in the number of deaths recorded during the week of June 22nd, the peak of a record-breaking heatwave that battered the country, the public health authority said on Friday.
France is emerging from a heatwave that was record-breaking in both length and intensity, but already another is forecast for the start of July, so will this be as bad?
France's Green party said on Tuesday it planned to put forward a vote of no confidence in the government over its handling of a heatwave response as the country counted heat-related deaths from two episodes of extreme heat so far this year.
France on Monday counted its heat-related deaths, as a funeral business representative said Paris morgues have been overwhelmed by a spike in fatalities during a record-breaking heatwave.
France is finally breathing again after temperatures fell over the weekend, but the respite from June’s historic heatwave may be short-lived, with predictions of another heatwave next week.
The World Health Organisation said Sunday that over 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in connection with the record-breaking heatwave roasting much of the continent.
At least 191 million people are forecast to endure temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday in Europe, with the heat particularly intense in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, according to AFP estimates.
Tens of millions are braving a weekend of extreme temperatures in Europe as a deadly heatwave moves eastwards, with some countries announcing rising death tolls and health services warning of saturation.
A toddler has died in hospital after being found in a hot car during a severe heatwave in the French city of Marseille, a health facility said Friday, in the latest such death nationwide this week.
At least 193 million people across Europe are expected to experience temperatures above 35C on Saturday, AFP calculations found, up from Friday as the heatwave was set to shift eastwards.
The heatwave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner-in-crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and Greenland that can influence weather patterns over the continent.
The good news is that the intense and record-breaking heatwave France – and a lot of Europe – is sweltering under is set to slowly relent over the weekend. The bad news is the respite may be brief.
Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday, while experts consider the costs for an economy as productivity melts and growth becomes lethargic.
Large parts of France are enduring another day of extreme heat on Friday, while thousands of households remain affected by power outages linked to the heatwave.
French authorities said hospitals in and around Paris were overwhelmed amid a record-breaking heatwave, adding that consumption and sales of alcohol would be banned from Friday.
