00:00Hot temperatures have arrived early. Is Europe prepared for a scorching summer?
00:10The answer is not quite. The vast majority in the EU, 68%, don't have any air conditioning
00:17or fan systems at home, according to recent research by the European Environment Agency.
00:23While some countries may simply not need it, a staggering 38% nonetheless say they cannot
00:29afford cooling systems. 42% of people in France don't have enough money for air conditioning,
00:3646% in Greece, 45% in Portugal, as well as over a third in Spain, Italy and Romania.
00:45There are of course other ways to keep cool, like shutters, awnings or external shading. Still,
00:52the majority of people in Spain, Portugal, Italy or Cyprus say their houses don't even have those
00:57kind of features. And that doesn't mean they aren't worried about extreme temperatures.
01:04Worry levels run high in the Mediterranean, 75% in Cyprus, 71% in Greece and 70% in Malta
01:12say they
01:13are very or quite concerned about extremely high temperatures. In general, high temperatures are
01:20the number one climate-related concern for EU citizens with 85% more than floods, fires and water scarcity.
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