Europe: the Future; This is How Global Warming Will Ravage the Continent, Reveals the EU

Vanishing fish stocks

Coldwater fish species such as cod may disappear from some regions, moving northwards as the water warms

Rising sea-levels

Rising sea levels of up to a metre during the coming century will affect all coasts and cost enormous sums to counter

Forest fires

Tinder-dry conditions will mean that wildfires in countries such as Portugal, terrible in recent years, will get even worse

Crop failures

Agricultural yields in southern European countries such as Spain are predicted to fall sharply as temperatures soar

Winter sports

The ice and snow cover of the Alps will steadily decline eventually making skiing holidays an impossibility

Flooding

Devastating flooding, such as the Danube has caused in Hungary in recent years, will worsen and become more regular across the continent

Tourism

Millions of package tourists will desert the Mediterranean resorts as they become too hot for holidays – but places in northern Europe such as Baltic Sea beaches will benefit

Health

Southern Europe will suffer severe droughts – and heat will kill up to 86,000 people each year under some scenarios. There will, though, be some drop in cold-related deaths in the north

Northern Europe benefits initially, with a longer growing season, more tourism and fewer deaths. But this soon changes

Southern Europe suffers the most , with crops, water supplies, wildlife, tourism and health all badly hit

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