WMO report warns: Europe is world's fastest warming continent.
TL;DR
Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures around 2°C above average in much of Western Europe and even exceeding 3.5°C in regions close to the Arctic. Extreme weather-related events claimed more than 16,000 lives and directly affected 156,000 people in 2022. Renewable energy generated more electricity than polluting fossil fuels for the first time last year, with wind and solar power generating 22.3% of EU electricity. Glacier melt was unprecedented, with 880 km3 of ice lost in Europe from 1997 to 2022.
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