Forecasters say Europe's hottest summer on record wouldn't have happened without human-induced climate change.
A new European record was set in Sicily - where it got to 48-point-8 degrees Celsius.
The UK Met Office says without climate change, a record would only be hit once in 10-thousand years.
Speaking at the Cop26 climate summit, spokesperson Professor Peter Stott says it cannot continue.
As the #COP26 summit begins amid calls to avert a climate disaster, here’s a look at some of the most extreme weather events of this past year ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/F2KofnmWG8
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"In the last two years we've seen some many devastating floods and droughts around the world."
"Now is the time that action really needs to start to bite," he said.
