Report reveals temperatures in Europe rising faster than in the rest of the planet

"Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods, and other climate change impacts will affect society, economies, and ecosystems," the opening salvo from the Copernicus Climate Change Service says.

Our carbon folly has caught up with us, and Mother Nature has come to collect the bill. Europe is warming quicker than anywhere else on the planet, according to new data.

The State of the Climate in Europe report, produced jointly by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, makes sobering reading, as if we needed yet another reminder that we're trending rapidly in the wrong direction.