As a deadly heatwave sweeps Europe, extreme weather sparked wildfires in Turkey which took the life of an 81-year-old man.

As many EU member states have been hit by a severe heat wave over the past days, few EU leaders came out to link them to climate change, something which they probably would have done a few years ago.

Europe’s strict environmental regulations impede the use of air conditioning, contributing to the continent’s annual 175,000 ...