European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that the #flooding across western #Europe is a clear indication of #climatechange and urgent action is needed. "It is the intensity and the length of the events that science tells us this is a clear indication of climate change and that this is something that really, really shows the urgency to act," von der Leyen told reporters.

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