Across Europe, heat waves and droughts have increased the at‑risk‑of‑poverty rate by 1.1 percentage points, pushing an additional 5.6 million people into poverty between 2004 and 2022, a reminder that climate change is creating real hardship for people who never chose to face it. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/a-drying-and-heating-up-europe-is-deepening-poverty-and-inequality-study #climatechange #inequality