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THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT “NORMAL SUMMER WEATHER” FOR THE UK — ESPECIALLY IN JUNE! (Record is 35.6°C) We are seeing the effects of climate change due to human activity playing out. Image is the latest Met Office forecast for London

The vast majority of people don’t have air conditioning, so you’re looking at overnight internal temperatures in the high 20s — that’s not fun for many people and it will, sadly, be deadly for some.

Exactly! And even though one needs to consider energy consumption and sources, we need to talk more about air conditioning in western Europe as other, passive means of cooling just won’t be enough to deal with the intensity and frequency of these heat waves.

I lived through much hotter summers in the US but found heatwaves so unpleasant and draining when I lived in Reading (especially Aug 2020)