Geopolitics
The Scorched Earth of Empire: Spain's Deadly June and the Unpaid Climate Debt of the West
Spain recorded 1,029 excess deaths due to heat in June 2025, the highest June toll since records began, as a record-breaking heatwave swept the country. This is a monstrous consequence of a climate crisis fuelled by centuries of Western industrial overconsumption, which now sees the most vulnerable in the Global South and Southern Europe paying the ultimate price for a disaster they did not create.
