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Simon Stiell

2026-06-252026-09-15

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  1. September 2026
  2. Citizen Digital

    UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the "evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction".

    August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges
  3. Citizen Digital

    "The evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction, and the global climate crisis it is fuelling," United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said of the Copernicus report.

    August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor
  4. June 2026
  5. Citizen Digital

    The UN's climate chief Simon Stiell said the heatwave -- made worse by buildings and infrastructure unsuited to such temperatures -- "has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it".

    Hospitals raise alert as heatwave slams Europe
  6. Citizen Digital

    Audio By Vocalize The heatwave scorching Europe has the fingerprints of climate change all over it and is "the latest price to pay for fossil fuel pollution baking our planet", UN climate chief Simon Stiell said Thursday.

    Europe heatwave is 'price to pay for fossil fuel pollution': UN climate chief
Tourism & Environment

August sets record as hottest month globally amid El Niño

The News

Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that August reached all-time high global average air temperatures of 16.96C, surpassing July 2023's previous record by 0.01C, as an unprecedented El Niño pattern strengthens and extreme summer heatwaves and wildfires grip western Europe and the contiguous United States.

11 September 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 11 September

  1. August sets record as hottest month globally amid El Niño

    Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that August reached all-time high global average air temperatures of 16.96C, surpassing July 2023's previous record by 0.01C, as an unprecedented El Niño pattern strengthens and extreme summer heatwaves and wildfires grip western Europe and the contiguous United States.

    11 September 2026 · Citizen Digital

Thursday 10 September

  1. August recorded as hottest month globally, EU monitor reports

    The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures reaching unprecedented highs and western Europe experiencing its warmest summer. The UN warned that humanity must wean off fossil fuels or the planet will push deeper into uncharted territory.

    10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 26 June

  1. European hospitals overwhelmed as record heatwave kills scores

    Hospitals across Europe reported surge in emergency calls and admissions as a deadly heatwave with temperatures exceeding 35°C affected at least 101 million Europeans; French authorities banned public alcohol consumption in Paris and warned of hospital saturation, with Paris recording 25 cardiac arrests over 24 hours on Wednesday compared with fewer than 10 usually.

    26 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Thursday 25 June

  1. UN climate chief links Europe heatwave to fossil fuel pollution

    The UN climate chief said Europe's record-breaking heatwave—affecting at least 94 million people with temperatures above 35°C—bears "the fingerprints of the climate crisis" and is the result of fossil fuel pollution, warning that extreme heat will worsen until humanity stops burning coal, oil, and gas.

    25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

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