Europe is the planet’s fastest warming continent, heating at around two to three times the global average.
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Taylor Ward,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Policy may also play a role, as researchers have found the continent’s stricter air pollution regulations likely allowed more planet-heating solar radiation to reach the Earth.
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