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A new study says climate change has made extreme weather conditions, like those fueling wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula, 40 times more likely

Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain.

Temperatures had been forecast to hit 32C across the south east on Saturday and had already reached that level on Thursday in London.

One doctor warned heatwaves are ‘silent killers’, with the impacts of heat ‘severely underestimated’

A new analysis says human-caused climate change had a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in May

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and other states in early April and made it more likely to occur

IN FOCUS: The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, desertification and drought, writes Alicja Hagopian. With Donald Trump ordering billions of dollars of cuts to climate aid projects, the poorest and most vulnerable countries face even greater…

Climate change caused by human activity increases the risk of devastating fires, like the ones in Los Angeles, California,according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network. The fires left at least 29 dead and thousands homeless.

Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate