'Climate change is really here: We should seize this crisis moment to create a new momentum'

Europe's latest heatwave reflects a structural transformation of the continent's climate, France 24 reports in an interview with Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, a climate scientist at universities in Belgium. Though he rejects fatalism—insisting humanity hasn't reached the point of no return—Ypersele warns that the world has entered a period of exceptional urgency, where delays in climate action escalate costs rapidly. He argues current political responses underestimate the challenge and that societies must simultaneously adapt to unavoidable impacts while accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels.

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