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0:03	Report by Lara Babalola
1:13	Gregory Allione | Member of the European Parliament
1:23	Anna Miguel Pedro | Member of the European Parliament

((Anmod: A new study says last month was the hottest June ever recorded in western Europe. The report by Copernicus - the EU's climate monitor - said it was the second hottest June on record globally. Another heat wave is hitting parts of europe and governments are under increasing pressure to respond.))

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A wake up call for Europe. A new report by the EU's climate monitor Copernicus says that last month was the hottest June ever recorded in western Europe.

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The average temperature reached 20.4 degrees Celsius - more than 3 degrees Celsius above the norm. Globally, it was the second hottest June on record.
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((heat map))
And last month, sea temperatures worldwide reached their highest since records began. 

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Global Witness - a non-profit - says two-thirds of the EU's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during the June heatwave.

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((heatwave pics))
Europe is the world's fastest warming continent. Scientists say the extreme temperatures would have been 'virtually impossible' without climate change.

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Countries including France and Germany reported a surge of heat-related deaths in June. Schools were shut and transport was disrupted.

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EU lawmakers in Strasbourg called for a stronger, united response:

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+++SOT SOUNDBITE (French) Grégory Allione, Member of the European Parliament
"Preparation can no longer be an emergency policy. It must be an element carried out every day, a policy of anticipation carried out by each citizen, each company, each one of us."

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+++SOT  (Portuguese) Ana Miguel Pedro, Member of the European Parliament
It is fair to recognise that the European union has advanced, but let us be clear, it is no longer enough. Europe has to stop arriving when the country is exhausted, it has to arrive before. 

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The World Health Organization has warned June's heatwave was a dress rehearsal, and is urging all nations to adopt heat-health action plans.

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