Météo-France maintained orange heatwave alerts across large parts of France on Thursday including the capital Paris, warning that the unusually early spell of extreme heat is “unprecedented” for the end of May.
The UN climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was "a brutal reminder of the spiralling impacts of the climate crisis".
More than 400 French towns on Tuesday recorded their highest-ever May temperatures, and the hot weather is set to continue into Wednesday with the mercury forecast to hit 37C in the south west.
Tsunamis are mostly associated with the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but Montpellier University professor Frédéric Leone explains why the risk is growing in the Mediterranean.
G7 chair France on Monday pushed for faster global action to reduce methane emissions at a conference in Paris as the International Energy Agency said discharges from the fossil fuel sector remained near record levels.
France has announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.
Rising temperatures mean that mosquitoes are more prevalent than ever in France, leading local authorities to adopt an increasing range of measures to get rid of the loathed insects.
France’s cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain below what is needed to meet its climate goals, according to government-commissioned data.
Two départements in south-west France remain on red alert - the highest level, indicating a possible danger to life - on Monday after days of torrential rain have seen rivers across the region burst their banks.
France's government on Thursday presented an energy plan to use less imported fossil fuels, including by ramping up nuclear-fuelled power production over the next decade.
France's emissions cuts slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain off track to meeting its pledged climate goals, according to a provisional government-commissioned forecast published on Tuesday.
The Mediterranean coast, Greater Paris, Rouen and the Loire Valley are at the greatest risk of flooding, according to a government agency, while climate experts warn property hunters to be more aware of future flooding risks in coastal areas.
French public health authorities have reported hundreds of excess deaths during the second heatwave of the summer - which spanned two weeks during August.
France and Switzerland have signed two agreements on how to manage their shared waters of Lake Geneva and the River Rhone -- an increasingly pressing issue as climate change takes its toll.
This year's punishing back-to-back heatwaves and ferocious wildfires in France were a "taste of what's to come", as climate change pushed summer temperatures to near record highs, the country's environment minister warned on Tuesday.
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights between destinations in Europe are still often significantly cheaper than travelling by train.
Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares of land in European Union countries this year, a record since recording began in 2006, according to AFP analysis of official data.
Harvesting has begun at vineyards across France, an unusually early start to the grape-picking season linked to warming temperatures and early summer heatwaves.
From strange orange-tinted clouds to spectacular sunsets, drifting smoke from Spanish and Portuguese wildfires are the cause of bizarre skies in south-west and western France, according to Météo France.
As France's intense August heatwave entered its seventh day, the country's weather forecaster lifted the highest-level red alert, but most of the country remained under orange warnings, with scorching temperatures set to persist.
As France sizzles under what weather forecasters have described as "exceptional" temperatures, French people have been speaking out about the heat, describing it as a 'nightmare', 'hell' and 'not normal'.
