00:00Now the annual Copernicus climate change report is out and the news for Europe makes for grim reading
00:052024 was its hottest year ever with almost half the continent experiencing record-breaking annual temperatures
00:12The result? Wildfires
00:15In September, fires in Portugal burned more than a thousand square kilometres in one week
00:20Around 42,000 people were affected by wildfires in Europe last year
00:25And then at the other end of the extreme weather scale we've got floods
00:292024 brought the most widespread flooding to Europe since 2013
00:34Killing more than 300 people and affecting more than 400,000
00:39This in a year when Europe ramped up its fight against climate change
00:44The proportion of electricity generation by renewables in Europe hit a record high
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