11-year-old Grahm Weece (right) and his 14-year-old sister Lily Weece (left) have traveled from Oklahoma to Athens to experience the Acropolis in 33-degree heat. Grahm stuggles with the heat as they are waiting to entrance. Human-made climate change is heating up the planet, and in Europe it is happening faster than on other continents. For the countries in the Mediterranean region and Eastern Europe, the change is not a future scenario or a hypothesis. It is here and now, and it will only get worse. Recent summers in Greece have been marked by intense and prolonged heatwaves. Both this year and last year, the capital’s must-see attraction, the Acropolis, had to close to tourists in the middle of the day to prevent people from collapsing on the historic hill. This year, Greece has already experienced two heatwaves with temperatures reaching up to 41 degrees. Last year, one heatwave lasted for 16 consecutive days, setting a new record for duration. A research project estimates that in about 50 years, Greece will face 35–40 additional days every year with temperatures rising above 35 degrees.