They found that 38,154 deaths, or 56% of the total, could have been avoided were it not for anthropogenic warming.
“This study sheds light on the extent to which global warming impacts public health,” says lead author Thessa Beck, a researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.
“While we observe an increase of heat-related mortality across nearly all the countries analysed, not everyone is affected equally, with women and the elderly particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of rising temperatures.”
Like in Australia, temperatures in Europe are rising faster than the rest of the world’s average. The summer of 2023 was warmer than average, although not record-breaking, according to the EU’s Copernicus climate satellite monitoring program, while the summer of 2024 was once again the hottest on record both globally and in Europe.
“Without strong action, record temperatures and heat-related mortality will continue to rise in the coming years,” says Ballester Claramunt.
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