Europe is the fastest warming continent on the planet.

Omissions

• The claim is a general scientific statement; the underlying evidence specifies that Europe has warmed at about twice the global average since the 1980s and at a rate of roughly +0.56°C per decade over the last 30 years.
• The most recent supporting data (European State of the Climate 2025, covering 2025) was published in April 2026, before the 2026-07-08 session date, so the MEP could have known it.

Sources

• PrimaryCopernicus Climate Change Service — European State of the Climate 2024Since the 1980s, Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth. Heatwaves are becoming more...
• PrimaryCopernicus Climate Change Service — European State of the Climate 2025Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with a +0.56ºC increase per decade over the last 30 years. Since the 1980s, Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average.
• PrimaryCopernicus Climate Change Service — ESOTC 2025: Why is Europe warming so quickly?Europe is the fastest-warming continent, warming more than twice as fast as the global average. Europe has warmed by around 2.5°C compared to pre-industrial...
• PrimaryWMO — European State of the Climate 2025 (publication series)Rapid warming in Europe is reducing snow and ice cover, while dangerously high air temperatures, drought, heatwaves and record ocean...
• PrimaryWMO — News media centre (Temperatures in Europe increase more than twice global average)Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in the...
• SecondaryEuropean Commission (Defence, Industry and Space DG) — Europe's warming accelerates beyond global trendEurope recorded widespread warm conditions with above-average temperatures across at least 95% of the continent, according to the 2025 European State of the Climate report.