Heat domes expose cracks in Europe's climate resilience - Is the EU planning for a hotter future?

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Source: France 24

The European Parliament declared a climate emergency in 2019, and yet the EU seems to keep getting caught out by severe heatwaves and heat domes. With this summer's temperatures set to smash records - and cause misery for millions of sweltering Europeans - we ask if the EU has neglected short-term measures to help people caught under these heat domes.

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