A decade on the Iberian frontline has shown me that Europe’s climate emergency is impossible to deny
The headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks. Photograph: Miguel Pereira Da Silva/EPAView image in fullscreenThe headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks. A decade ago, perhaps naively, I could never have imagined how much time I would spend reporting the effects of the climate emergency here and in Portugal.
- ▪The headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks.
- ▪Photograph: Miguel Pereira Da Silva/EPAView image in fullscreenThe headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks.
- ▪A decade ago, perhaps naively, I could never have imagined how much time I would spend reporting the effects of the climate emergency here and in Portugal.
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The headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks. Photograph: Miguel Pereira Da Silva/EPAView image in fullscreenThe headline news for Europe has been one climate disaster after another for weeks. Photograph: Miguel Pereira Da Silva/EPAThis is EuropeWorld newsA decade on the Iberian frontline has shown me that Europe’s climate emergency is impossible to denyWhat once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity all over the continent, and it will only get worse Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSam JonesWed 29 Jul 2026 10.35 EDTLast modified on Wed 29 Jul 2026 10.37 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSpain has changed immeasurably since I arrived here 10 years ago to begin work as the Guardian’s Madrid…
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