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How climate change is worsening heat in Europe

NPR | By Fio Geiran,

Christopher Intagliata, Mallory Yu, Scott Detrow

Published June 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM CDT

Scott Detrow speaks with extreme weather researcher Theodore Keeping about Europe's hottest heatwave. With over 1,000 deaths in France alone, lives depend on the EU's response to rising temperatures.

Fio Geiran

Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata is an editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.

Mallory Yu

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.