Video. Carlo Buontempo, Copernicus Climate Change service director, says heatwaves have become "more intense, lasting longer and starting earlier in the season" in Europe as the continent "is warming faster than the global average".

Continent is particularly affected as it is fastest-warming one, says EU’s Copernicus climate monitor

As Europe endures another brutal summer, Europe in Motion unpacks water stress levels across the continent. #EuropeInMotion