The city of Paris said on Thursday that a court ruling ordering oil and gas giant TotalEnergies to account for its clients' emissions represented "a landmark decision in the history of French climate law".
At least 101 million Europeans were expected to experience temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, in a punishing and increasingly deadly heatwave hotter than weather in parts of Africa.
Almost the whole of France has been placed on a red heatwave alert for Thursday, with weather forecasters already warning about another period of extreme heat in July.
The heatwave gripping Europe is putting people's health at risk, and the continent's leaders must invest in making their health services more climate-resilient, the WHO chief said Wednesday.
France recorded its hottest day ever on June 23rd, 2026 - but all over the country local records have been broken too as the country continues to sizzle under an unprecedentedly early heatwave.
The latest heatwave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace
France relies heavily on nuclear power – but regularly shuts down reactors when temperatures soar. With summers getting longer and hotter, can the French nuclear sector cope with climate change?
France’s current heatwave is taking a toll on farmers, who are seeing livestock die and are racing against time to harvest cereals without sparking fires in the tinder-dry crops.
Europe’s record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in north-west France on Wednesday, authorities said, in the country’s first major power outage of the latest bout of extreme weather.
France's heatwaves always spark debates on air conditioning - which much of the country remains deeply resistant to. Some argue that warming temperatures make widespread AC inevitable, but The Local's editor Emma Pearson explains why she thinks the French are right to resist.
France has extended the 'red' weather warnings into Tuesday and the prime minister is to hold an emergency meeting as the heatwave is set to continue and become even more severe.
Despite the soaring temperatures in France in recent days, many French people remain deeply resistant to air conditioning - from concerns about health risks, environmental damage and excessive consumerism, here's a look at the French attitude to AC.
Millions in France are grappling with scorching heat, but Jean-Luc Eclercy-Deterpigny is not worried as his living room inside a former quarry offers refreshing refuge.
The heatwave is set to intensify, while storms are also forecast in parts of the country, so you might want to check whether planned events are still happening, and whether public transport is running.
Air conditioning is not common in France, especially in private homes - but there are other ways to keep yourself and your home cool during a heatwave.
France's greenhouse gas emissions fell more than previously thought in 2024 and 2025, but the pace of cuts was still slower than in earlier years, revised government-commissioned figures showed on Tuesday.
More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of extreme heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, after a heatwave saw some countries record their highest-ever May temperatures.
Since the record-breaking heatwave at the end of May, several local authorities have extended water restrictions due to drought fears, with départements including Dordogne, Charente, Charente-Maritime and Pyrénées-Orientales now under alert.
France experienced its hottest spring "since records began in 1900", marked by a scorching early heatwave at the end of May, the country's weather service said Tuesday.
