Climate change brings Europe its second-warmest June on record

A construction worker drinks water during a heatwave in Seville on June 13. Temperatures last month in Spain, France, and Italy soared above 40 degrees. Photo: Cristina Quicler/AFP

Europe experienced its second-warmest June on record this year amid extreme heatwaves across the continent due to “human-induced climate change”, a new report has said. Last month was colder and drier than usual in Ireland.

A report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which monitors weather patterns in the context of climate change for the European Commission, analysed the frequent heatwaves and unusual weather patterns experienced last month.