Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://eevb.net/video/ftgYNdMxMDG.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Is Europes record heatwave a sign of its future climate? | Global News Podcast [uMxMNfuPOys] Health Updated on August 06, 2026 EDT — Published on August 06, 2026 EDT Tens of millions of people across western Europe are sweltering under unusually high temperatures. A maximum red heatwave alert covers more than half of France, where temperatures have broken the average record for June. The heat is also touching 40 Celsius in Spain and Portugal. The BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt tells us how European governments are attempting to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, both now and long into the future. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here: And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here: Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Is this heatwave a sign of what's to come? 01:31 Weather forecast projections for the next few decades 03:03 Reflection on Europe heatwave in 2003 04:23 How are governments responding to heatwaves? 06:08 Are countries acting urgently on climate change? 07:25 How much worse could it get? 08:18 Could urbanisation be reversed because of extreme temperatures? 6C0Ob79GcKu NAzBW0HbAfr ZQ9Yynhc1nu 4gPGCiHz4lV YvUatOhiAUV fwYy3kL6FLD
Tens of millions of people across western Europe are sweltering under unusually high temperatures. A maximum red heatwave alert covers more than half of France, where temperatures have broken the average record for June. The heat is also touching 40 Celsius in Spain and Portugal. The BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt tells us how European governments are attempting to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, both now and long into the future. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here: And you can find more of our YouTube episodes here: Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Is this heatwave a sign of what's to come? 01:31 Weather forecast projections for the next few decades 03:03 Reflection on Europe heatwave in 2003 04:23 How are governments responding to heatwaves? 06:08 Are countries acting urgently on climate change? 07:25 How much worse could it get? 08:18 Could urbanisation be reversed because of extreme temperatures? 6C0Ob79GcKu NAzBW0HbAfr ZQ9Yynhc1nu 4gPGCiHz4lV YvUatOhiAUV fwYy3kL6FLD