It’s now official: June–July 2026 was the most anomalously warm two-month period ever recorded in France by a staggering margin. France is now virtually certain to record its warmest summer on record.

Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to our new study.

When @granthamicl.bsky.social estimated 2,700 deaths from these heatwaves, some in the media called it scaremongering. Today, UKHSA analysis of observed deaths sadly confirms the scale of the impact. We can't ignore the health threats posed by climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows

UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season

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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Why are France and Spain experiencing such devastating wildfires? @wwattribution.bsky.social scientist Dr Theodore Keeping joined BBC #Newscast to discuss the role of climate change and why these megafires are so challenging to combat. youtu.be/ubmLWbF-iow?...

Why are the Spain and France wildfires so bad? | BBC Newscast

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You'd imagine #climate - given what we're experiencing in extreme weather impacts - would be top of the Irish EU Presidency - but it's battling to find its seat in the room www.rte.ie/news/eu-pres... @antaisce.bsky.social

Govt urged to lead on climate during EU Presidency

Ireland's oldest environmental group, An Taisce, has called on the Government to lead by example on climate during its six months hosting the EU presidency.

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⚠️More than 2,700 excess deaths estimated in England and Wales during May and June heatwaves 🌡️ Climate change added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures and is estimated to be responsible for about 42% of the deaths across both heatwaves 🧵

⚠️ Climate crisis = health crisis The May/June heatwaves killed 2,700+ people in England and Wales, @granthamicl.bsky.social, @lshtm.bsky.social and @metoffice.gov.uk estimate. We're not prepared for the extremes we face, and we're still making them worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures

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Twice (!) as many animals died due to heat stress en route to slaughterhouses during record-hot UK summer last year compared to 2024

Livestock heat deaths in transit doubled in UK record-hot summer of 2025 - Carbon Brief

Twice as many animals died due to heat stress en route to slaughterhouses during the UK’s record-hot summer in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.

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All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening

What is the future of summers in England? Our choices matter. A high-emissions future will commit our children and grandchildren to live in a world where the summers of 1976 & 2025 are cold. A global net-zero emissions future means that we can stabilise the climate & those summers will be normal.

NEW: The brilliant scientists at WWA have just published a study on the European heatwave: 🌍 Climate change “unequivocally to blame”. 🔥 The peak temps “virtually impossible” 50 years ago. 🌙 The overnight temps “100x more likely” now than in 2003. 👉 www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

There's a reason we’re suffering such dangerous heat; it’s not natural, it’s us. Until we stop dumping greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, weather extremes will just keep getting worse. It's not complicated but too often our broadcasters fail to connect the dots. That does a disservice to us all.

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++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

The discourse around #NetZero is increasingly decoupled from science and our changing weather, Grantham Institute Chair Sir Brian Hoskins has warned as a potentially record-breaking heatwave builds across Britain. (1/3)

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

Today is #CleanAirDay, a great day to watch our new @granthamicl.bsky.social mini-documentary, The Fight to Clean Up London's Air. We meet Londoners affected by #AirPollution and find out how ambitious policy action informed by robust science is making a real difference. 👇 youtu.be/Adb5VgEW5UQ?...

Inside Story: The fight to clean up London’s air

YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London

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This Inside Story on #AirPollution from @granthamicl.bsky.social is well worth a watch. The film features our volunteer Beth, who has a young child with lung problems, speaking about the impact on her family. "I can't go to work as a doctor, because my own child is impacted by the air quality".

Inside Story: The fight to clean up London’s air

This is a story about why air pollution is a public health issue, how making invisible pollution visible led to cleaner air, and why the fight now is to ensure everyone benefits equally. Hear…

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Hard to believe I’m even writing this. Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C than its annual average.

🌡️ This week’s heatwave highlights the urgency of reaching #NetZero as quickly as possible. In this excerpt from our recent film on the UK's climate target, Emeritus Professor Joanna Haigh explains that until we stopping adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, climate impacts will worsen.

⚠️ Weather stations in London today recorded highs of 35.1°C, a new May record for the UK. Such extreme heat represents a serious threat to health. Modelling by @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social estimates that we could see 250+ additional deaths during this heatwave in England and Wales. 🧵[1/6]

Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.

34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.

Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime showing us the beauty, and fragility, of the natural world. To celebrate his 100th birthday, explore 9 powerful things you can do to protect it: buff.ly/ZFk1vXx Happy Birthday, Sir David. May you continue to be an inspiration to us all. #Attenborough100

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent. We’ve seen record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, while glaciers have been shrinking and snow cover melting. The evidence is unequivocal: climate change is not a ‘future’ threat. It is our present reality. ⬇️

Recreating my old cycling commute shows how Paris won the car wars

Recreating my old cycling commute shows how Paris won the car wars

Outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo vowed to make Paris the ‘world capital of cycling’. So I put the city’s streets to the two-wheel test

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Congratulations, @frediotto.bsky.social 👏

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We’re excited to announce that @frediotto.bsky.social has been awarded Germany’s highest honour for her groundbreaking work on climate science and extreme weather. The award recognises her pivotal role in revolutionising attribution science: connecting extreme weather events to climate change.

Achieving UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, says CCC: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

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Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)