France's heatwaves in recent months could cost €10 billion to €15 billion (NZ$19b-$28b) in direct and indirect costs, French environment minister Monique Barbut said on Wednesday.

Les chaleurs caniculaires continuent de gagner du terrain mercredi, s’étendant à quasiment toute la France, et le gouvernement estime que leur succession cet été pourrait coûter…

Extreme heat could cost EU economies around €180 billion this year, roughly 1% of GDP and almost exactly the growth the bloc had been expecting for 2026, with France facing the…