Our European environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan answers your questions on the climate after reporting on the shocking heatwave that continues to scorch its way across Europe, covering everything from the lack of preparation to ways to deal with the heat Cornucopiist asks : For decades politicians have denied climate change, then minimised it, denied their country’s impact and denied the public support for climate measures, then framed climate measures as bad for “the economy” … At every single step there has been clear evidence of politicians in charge choosing corporate profits over human lives and quality of life. Why are the media not confronting them? Many journalists – including my brilliant Guardian colleagues – have done, and continue to do, exactly this. We are also not alone: