Europe Is The Fastest-Warming Continent
Just 20% of European homes have AC, and critics warn wider use could raise power bills, emissions and strain grids as heat deaths rise.
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Rising deaths, closed schools and growing political debate are accelerating a previously unthinkable cultural change
Europe’s air-conditioning debate reaches a boiling point
Americans use air conditioning just about everywhere. Europeans, for the most part, do not. But a deadly summer heat wave that threatens to become the new climate normal has sparked a fierce debate about whether it is time for the continent to finally cool down. The dispute has grown “especially heated” in recent weeks, said Yahoo News. “Millions” of visiting World Cup fans have kept cool in “American bars, restaurants, hotels and even stadiums”…
Air Conditioning in Europe Is Limited by Climate Policy
Visitors to the World Cup games in the United States are awed by the availability of ice for drinks and the air conditioning in most facilities, including homes. Media reports of this have surprised Americans because more than nine out of 10 households here have air conditioning, and in much of the southern United States, nearly all households do. In contrast, only about 20% of homes across Europe have air conditioning, and in the United Kingdom…
Almost half of Europe's cities broke heat records during the second heat wave of early summer. The question of how cities can remain habitable with significantly higher temperatures has shifted the climate debate from CO2 emissions to adaptation
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