A National Assembly report presented by Eric Coquerel estimates that France’s summer 2026 heatwave cost €16 billion, as budget talks turn to climate adaptation.
A National Assembly report puts the cost of France’s summer 2026 heatwave at €16 billion, Le Monde reported. La France Insoumise MP Eric Coquerel presented the assessment as budget debate begins.
The paper said the figure is meant to support more spending on adaptation to extreme heat. It did not, in the available summary, break the €16 billion into health, farm, energy and labour shares.
The estimate lands as European governments also face UN warnings, reported by Dawn, that intense heat is putting births at risk. That UN note is a separate climate-talks story.
Coquerel’s number is a parliamentary assessment, not a statistics-agency release confirmed in a second outlet in this brief.
Lawmakers will test the figure when they allocate adaptation funds in the coming budget votes.