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Alison Hird

UNBELIEVABLE: French tv transforms weather forecasts to include climate change context | History Defined

Temperatures in France hit records highs in the summer of 2022, but France Television weather presenters will no longer be celebrating the joys of 22°C in Biarritz in February. © meteo concept

State TV channels France 2 and France 3 have changed their daily weather forecasts into "weather and climate bulletins" as pat of France Televisions’ efforts to raise awareness about climate change. Presenters are showing not only what weather to expect, but the reasons behind it.

The first of the new format forecasts was broadcast on France 2 and France 3 on Monday evening with the aim of better explaining the consequences of climate change on the weather.

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