Europe's heatwave is becoming a growing economic threat as extreme temperatures disrupt transport, reduce labour productivity, damage agriculture and strain power grids. Economists now see the thermometer as a key economic indicator, with climate change driving billions in adaptation costs, slowing growth and reshaping Europe's long-term economic outlook.

Europe's heatwave is disrupting energy and transport, with low river levels restricting barge traffic on the Rhine and driving up shipping costs for fuel, coal, and other goods.

Europe's deadly heat wave is a warning that climate change has become a geopolitical crisis

Europe's heatwave is becoming a growing economic threat as extreme temperatures disrupt transport, reduce labour productivity, damage agriculture and strain power grids.…