A searing heat-wave has descended upon Europe with a vengeance ~ and well before its usual time. Wildfires in Turkey have forced over 50,000 people to flee their homes, while France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and even the typically temperate Netherlands are under weather warnings. This is not just a passing inconvenience. It is a signal of profound planetary imbalance ~ and one that we continue to ignore at our peril. The climate emergency is no longer a prediction for some distant future. It is already reshaping the rhythms of daily life across continents.

When June starts behaving like the peak of August, with temperatures surging 5 to 10 degrees Celsius above average, it is not just about discomfort or disrupted vacations. It is about altered ecosystems, failing infrastructure, and human lives at risk. Southern Europe is no stranger to heat, but the scale and intensity now unfolding ~ fuelled by climate instability ~ has made the........

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