Geopolitics
Europe's Scorching Summer: The Economic Reckoning of a Climate Crisis Forged in the West
Europe is warming faster than any other continent, with this summer's record heat, droughts, and wildfires imposing devastating economic costs, disrupting power, transport, agriculture, and health, with damage running into hundreds of billions of euros. This is the bitter harvest of a global economic system long dominated by Western industrial powers whose historical emissions now scorch their own lands, a poetic justice that underscores the urgent, unmet need for a just global transition led by the Global South.
