Heat waves in Europe broke many temperate records, caused higher-than-average amounts of wildfire to burn, and even melted a busy runway at a London airport. Europeans deal with the heat in different ways than those in the United States -- without air conditioning, but that's quickly changing. Fewer than 10 percent of households in Europe come equipped with air conditioners, according to the International Energy Agency. We were getting typically 20 inquiries a day maybe for people interested in air conditioning," said Richard Salmon, the director of The Air Conditioning Company based in Central London. Watch the video to learn more about why large parts of Europe don't have air conditioning, the dangers of letting carbon emissions run wild via air conditioning and effective, efficient cooling technologies that can mitigate carbon emissions from just trying to cool off.

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