Report: Climate breakdown: Is the EU adapting to the new normal? Europe's summer of disasters

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The available account reports that it has been called Europe's disaster year. The report also notes that 2026 has seen more than 30,000 excess deaths linked to heatwaves, along with mega wildfires, nuclear power plants having to shut down, gas plants under pressure, droughts reducing hydropower generation from rivers and wild fluctuations in electricity prices, not to mention major disruptions to crops and farming in general.

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