Everyone should file this story away until mid-century so we can see how accurate this European Commission prediction turns out to be: 

Chilly northern Europe could reap big benefits from global warming,
while the Mediterranean faces crippling shortages of both water and
tourists by the middle of the century, according to the first
comprehensive study of its effects on the continent.

Fewer in the north would die of cold, crops there would boom and the
North Sea coast could become the new Riviera, an analysis to be
approved by the European Commission next week shows.