Heatwaves to increase 'fivefold by 2050', warns French weather bureau chief
- "We have had more heatwaves in the last 15 years than during the previous 60 years," the CEO of France's weather bureau Météo-France, Virginie Schwarz said on Thursday.
- As France experiences its fourth heatwave of the summer, experts warn preventative measures to deal with the changing climate are severely lacking.
- Issued on: 02/08/2026 - 11:37 3 min Reading time "We are already seeing the effects of climate change," Schwarz told France Inter radio.
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- "We have had more heatwaves in the last 15 years than during the previous 60 years," the CEO of France's weather bureau Météo-France, Virginie Schwarz said on Thursday.
- As France experiences its fourth heatwave of the summer, experts warn preventative measures to deal with the changing climate are severely lacking.
- Issued on: 02/08/2026 - 11:37 3 min Reading time "We are already seeing the effects of climate change," Schwarz told France Inter radio.
Sources: RFI