Thursday, 27 August 2026Europe
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations
Record heat and excess deaths have not forced emissions cuts onto the campaign trail; adaptation dominates while mitigation disappears from manifestos across France, Germany and the UK.
Strait of Hormuz closure removes a fifth of global oil trade, pushing European gas to €56 per megawatt-hour while storage sits at a four-year low of 30 percent capacity.
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