Italian agricultural production shrank last year as wine, fruit and olive oil output all took a hit from extreme weather events linked to climate change, national statistics bureau ISTAT said recently. Europe suffered its hottest summer in 2000 years in 2023—a finding based in part on an analysis of tree rings—and this month temperatures in parts of the continent have already surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

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