{"id":2764,"date":"2026-06-23T15:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:40:43","slug":"from-cool-boxes-to-dawn-starts-europe-inc-adapts-to-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"From cool boxes to dawn starts, Europe Inc adapts to heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<li>Companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>DUSSELDORF\/MADRID, June 23 (Reuters) &#8211; As a heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across Europe<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span>, companies are trying to protect workers, to keep operations running and \u200bcapitalise on soaring demand for anything that might offer relief.<\/div>\n<div>In Germany, logistics giant DHL has equipped delivery staff with &#8220;cool boxes&#8221; containing reusable cooling towels, water-activated wrist coolers \u200cand UV-protective neck guards as its over 111,000 postal workers continue their rounds in the heat.<\/div>\n<div>Construction firms are shifting working hours to start earlier and finish before the hottest part of the day, while retailers are struggling to keep pace with demand for fans and portable air-conditioning units.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The extremely high temperatures naturally pose a special strain during physically demanding work,&#8221; DHL said, adding that workers are being urged to drink plenty of fluids, use sunscreen \u200band seek shade whenever possible.<\/div>\n<div>Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, the continent&#8217;s second-largest steelmaker, is offering extra water and fruit at its blast furnaces, steelworks and hot strip mills, where temperatures for \u200bworkers can rise to more than 45 C even without a heatwave.<\/div>\n<div>As an intense weather system has drawn in hot air northwards from the \u2060Sahara, in France, 40 people have drowned in recent days. They were seeking to avoid temperatures that reached peaks above 41 C in Bordeaux and Poitiers, southwestern France.<\/div>\n<div>Regional schools closed or modified timetables, \u200bwhile further north, parts of Britain are also bracing for record June temperatures.<\/div>\n<div>Of all continents, Europe has suffered the sharpest increase in temperatures scientists have linked to human-induced climate change. It was the continent \u200bfurthest above its historic temperature norm on Monday, according to Reuters Climate Monitor data.<\/div>\n<h2>NOWHERE TO ESCAPE THE HEAT<\/h2>\n<div>For many workers, coping strategies are becoming a routine part of the job.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I wear light clothes and I keep drinking, hydrating because it is unbearable,&#8221; said Madrid electrician Vladimir Yepes, 58. &#8220;Even when we are not under the sun, the temperature keeps rising.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Accountant Juan Antonio Casas, 60, said that in the air-conditioned office, things were bearable, but that it \u200bwas &#8220;horrible to go out in the street&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div>Germany&#8217;s Central Association of the Construction Industry said road-building crews and outdoor workers were most exposed to the risks associated with extreme heat.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;People often start earlier \u200band finish correspondingly earlier to avoid the hottest part of the day,&#8221; said Heribert J\u00f6ris, the association&#8217;s head of social and collective bargaining policy.<\/div>\n<div>As working hours are adapted, France&#8217;s association of farm cooperatives said some \u200csilos were organising \u2060night shifts to receive grain because local authorities have banned afternoon harvesting to limit the risk of fire.<\/div>\n<div>E.ON, Europe&#8217;s largest energy networks operator, has set up pavilions at its Bayernwerk subsidiary so staff can rest in the shade. It said high temperatures also test power grid management, though, in some cases, increased electricity use for air conditioning could be offset by more solar power generation.<\/div>\n<h2>SALES OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME<\/h2>\n<div>The heat has created winners as well as losers.<\/div>\n<div>British electrical retailer Currys said sales of fans jumped nearly 3,000% compared with the previous weekend ahead of the latest heatwave, while air-conditioning unit \u200bsales rose 330%.<\/div>\n<div>AO World finance chief Mark Higgins \u200bsaid the heat in Britain, which also \u2060experienced record temperatures in May, had boosted demand earlier than normal.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The UK has had a hot weather spike through May, which is earlier than we would normally see in the year,&#8221; Higgins said. &#8220;When it is hot, we do see huge sales of air conditioning and fans.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>The surge points to a \u200bbroader shift in a continent historically less dependent on air conditioning than regions such as North America, where it is commonplace.<\/div>\n<h2>A GROWING ECONOMIC \u200bCOST<\/h2>\n<div>If some people&#8217;s profits \u2060are rising, most people are facing unwelcome costs as a result of the droughts, floods and heatwaves that climate change makes more likely.<\/div>\n<div>A 2025 study from the University of Mannheim and European Central Bank economists found that extreme weather events could cost the European Union some \u20ac126 billion ($143.46 billion) by 2029.<\/div>\n<div>Southern Europe is especially vulnerable and public authorities are being forced to respond.<\/div>\n<div>Madrid has expanded a network of &#8220;climate shelters&#8221; designed \u2060to offer respite \u200bto vulnerable residents. Others have taken action to keep their own homes cool, but there is a price.<\/div>\n<div>Yandri, a \u200b28-year-old plumber in the Spanish capital, said he sleeps with air conditioning running through the night.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;You will see the bill. It is going to be big,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div>($1 = 0.8783 euros)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2762\">Gulf oil tanker rates nearly double as Middle East producers ramp up exports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2760\">What is the \u2018Omega Block\u2019 causing Europe\u2019s intense heatwave?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2758\">Wall St tumbles on tech selloff as concerns about hawkish Fed, AI spending mount<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across Europe, companies are trying to protect workers, to keep operations running and \u200bcapitalise on soaring demand for anything that might offer relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,70],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-solutions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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