'Adaptation is a must': 2024 confirmed as Europe's hottest year on record

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Damage after flooding, Valencia | Credit: iStock
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Damage after flooding, Valencia | Credit: iStock

Latest report from Copernicus Climate Change service confirms Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent - but still almost a quarter of Brits think concerns over climate change have been exaggerated

Last year was officially Europe's hottest on record, as climate change-fuelled storms and flooding affected 413,000 people, leading to the loss of at least 335 lives and damages totalling at least €18bn....

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