The front pages of newspapers in Britain were dominated by heatwave warnings last week as the weather forecaster issued its first-ever red “extreme heat” warning for parts of England on Monday and Tuesday. With the Met office forecasting that the temperature could reach 40 degrees Celsius for the first time in the country, a national emergency has been declared for the two days.

Meanwhile, major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. And, scientists say, they’re probably going to get worse as climate change intensifies unless countermeasures are taken.