Europe’s summer time final yr was the most well liked on file and prompted hundreds of deaths, a joint report by World Meteorological Organization and European Union scientists confirmed, whereas warning that such occasions may turn out to be extra routine.

The report on the state of the local weather stated Europe was the quickest warming continent on the planet, with the temperature having risen by about twice the worldwide common because the Eighties.

Heatwaves led to some 16,000 extra deaths final yr in Europe, stated the report, which was revealed on Monday.

“Unfortunately, this cannot be considered a one-off occurrence or an oddity of the climate,” stated Dr Carlo Buontempo, Director, Copernicus Climate Change Service.

“Our current understanding of the climate system and its evolution informs us that these kinds of events are part of a pattern that will make heat stress extremes more frequent and more intense across the region,” he stated.

Scientists have warned of file excessive temperatures forward the world over as extra warming from local weather change mixes with a tip in the direction of El Nino.

The motive Europe is warming sooner than different continents has to do with the truth that a big a part of the continent is within the sub-Arctic and Arctic – the quickest warming area on Earth – in addition to adjustments in local weather feedbacks, scientists have stated.

Last yr, extreme and excessive marine heatwaves have been reported throughout components of the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas whereas glacier soften was the very best on file, the report added.

Overall, the common temperature for Europe in 2022 was between the second and fourth highest on file, it stated.

But in what it known as an indication of hope, renewable vitality accounted for extra of the EU’s electrical energy(22.3%) than polluting fossil fuel (20%) for the primary time final yr.