# Expert warns of hotter summers, more wildfires, droughts and floods

https://mins.news/en/item/40276

- France 24, 2026-09-01 12:24 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260901-expert-warns-of-hotter-summers-more-wildfires-more-drought-and-more-floods

> Leading climate scientist Diana Ürge-Vorsatz discusses this summer’s extreme heat and warns, following catastrophic flooding in Nepal, that similar events elsewhere are almost inevitable. She is a professor at Central European University and vice-chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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