Europe is trapped in a heatwave. A heatwave warning has been issued for Spain, Portugal and Croatia. June is already on track to be the hottest on record, with temperatures reaching 46 degrees Celsius in the Spanish city of El Granado on Saturday. Temperature records have also been set in Greece and Portugal. The hot weather has put many parts of Europe at risk of wildfires. In some places, fires are already burning. In Turkey, more than 50,000 people have been evacuated due to wildfires raging near Izmir.

It's still June, but Spain is boiling and boiling. Literally! An alert has been declared in the country. In many areas, thermometers in the shade today recorded 42 degrees.

Anabel Sanchez, a student from Seville:"I can't sleep, I can't eat. I've got heatstroke".

Temperatures in Seville reached 41 degrees Celsius today, turning a UN conference on financing for developing countries into a show of force for global warming. More than 50 heads of state and government are attending the forum.

Nabiha Qazi, a participant in the UN conference:"The heat is really terrible. But we are coping. We are indoors almost all the time. I don't think the organizers expected it to be this hot at the end of June. But unfortunately, this heat is a result of climate change."

Hospitals in Italy are reporting a significant increase in heatstroke cases. To protect the population from the heat, authorities in Bologna have built air-conditioned shelters. And in Rome, access to swimming pools is now free for people over 70.

Bernabe Rufo, municipal worker:"It's terrible. I have to constantly look for shade. And this health bracelet keeps alerting me that something is wrong."

In Europe's hottest spots, health authorities have urged vulnerable people to stay indoors and stay hydrated - warnings that are usually issued in July and August.

France is gripped by"unprecedented heat." Temperatures are expected to exceed 40 degrees today and tomorrow in almost all departments. Germany is also bracing for record-breaking heat in the coming days.

Britain is also suffocating from the high temperatures. The Wimbledon tournament has also started with record temperatures. A fire alert has been declared in Greece due to the heat wave. In neighboring Turkey, over 1,000 firefighters have been mobilized to extinguish the fire near Izmir.

The meteorologists' conclusion is that"summer is already swallowing spring," and that the heat is coming 20-40 days earlier.

Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service:

Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average. The current heatwave is the result of a combination of record-high greenhouse gas concentrations and record-high temperatures in the Mediterranean.

Over 175,000 people die each year in Europe from heat-related illnesses. The current heatwave in the UK alone is expected to kill over 600 people. The effects of climate change are expected to be felt even more strongly in Europe in the coming years, and the number of heat-related deaths will continue to rise.