Summer 2026 is the hottest ever recorded in France, according to the Minister of Ecological Transition

The summer of 2026, marked by heatwaves, droughts and giant fires, was “the hottest” ever recorded in France, the Minister of Ecological Transition, Monique Barbut, announced on Thursday.

“We have experienced the hottest summer ever recorded since measurements began in 1900,” she said during the presentation of the climate report of the summer, which for meteorologists runs from June to August, at Météo-France headquarters near Paris.

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A summer that “will go down in history,” continued the minister, calling for “meeting the challenges” in climate matters. “The question we must ask ourselves now is how it will remain so. (...) Like the first in a long series that will continue to break records. Or as a moment which will have allowed us to rise to the challenges of adaptation and mitigation”, that is to say the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, added the minister.

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