Europe's AC dilemma

欧洲人热麻了!中国空调正成为救星!

Round Table China

2026-07-02

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Temperatures have soared past forty degrees across Europe. Schools have sent children home. Outdoor work has been banned. A famous landmark closed its doors. A continent built for cold winters now bakes under relentless heat. Air conditioning seems obvious, but the solution is more complicated than installing more units. On the show: Fei Fei, Steve & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • You're listening to Round Table.

  • I'm Fei Fei together with Hu Shan and Steve Hatherly.

  • Coming up, Europe is in a hot debate right now, and I'm not being metaphorical.

  • Temperatures in cities are hitting 40 degrees Celsius,

  • schools sent kids home, and there are countries and cities banning outdoor work.

  • And now millions face a question no one thought they'd need to answer:

  • How do you cool a continent never designed to be cool?

  • And today we're diving into Europe's heat crisis

  • and why staying cool is far more complicated than just plugging in.

  • Europe is feeling the burn.

  • Experts say heat waves like this are often UK has recorded its hottest ever May temperature.

  • The record was broken in London, hitting 34.4 degrees.

  • In one of the many lakes just outside of Berlin, in the state of Brandenburg,

  • where many people have been fleeing to from the city and the incredible heat that Berlin has faced.

  • France is sweltering, and this heatwave has now sparked a very hot political debate.

  • That was some archived reporting from our colleagues from CGTN Europe,

  • and they're discussing really the record-breaking heatwaves

  • that are forcing governments, engineers, city planners, and even ordinary people