Europe: Extreme weather fuels climate concerns

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Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, and this summer has already brought record-breaking temperatures, devastating wildfires, hailstorms and tornadoes. While climate change is not responsible for every extreme weather event, scientists say it is making such events more frequent and more

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Industri­ferie is the informal but deeply embedded Danish summer shutdown period that developed alongside industrial working culture in the 20th century, where factories, offices and service sectors gradually coordinated collective holidays during the summer weeks, creating a national rhythm where production slows significantly and large parts of the workforce take extended leave, resulting in quieter cities, reduced business activity and a strong cultural expectation of summer rest – 29 June 2026 – 2 August 2026.

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July and August — Workforce Planning and Headcount Review: Starts: 1 July | Deadline: 31 August (plan submitted to finance): Workforce planning ensures the organisation has the right people, with the right competencies, knowledge and skills, in the right roles at the right time. Summer is the right moment for this work — it is the quietest operational period, giving senior leaders the space for strategic conversations. The plan must be complete before the autumn budget process closes, because people costs are typically the largest single line in any company's budget. The gap between today's workforce and tomorrow's requirements drives every recruitment, development, and succession decision that follows.

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