A rapid study indicates human-caused climate change led to around 1,500 deaths during a recent heat wave in Europe. The study analyzed 2,300 heat-related fatalities across 12 cities from June 23 to July 2. Approximately two-thirds of these deaths were attributed to climate change, with temperatures rising 2 to 4 degrees Celsius due to human activities. Vulnerable groups, particularly the elderly, were severely impacted, with 1,100 of the 1,500 deaths occurring in individuals aged 75 and older. The findings emphasize the lethal consequences of temperature increases linked to climate change.
Human-caused climate change was responsible for around 1,500 deaths during this year's atypical heat wave across Europe, a newly published rapid study of mortality data suggests.
About two-thirds of those deaths - approximately 1,500 - were directly attributable to additional warming caused by the climate crisis, scientists said.
Temperatures across those 12 cities were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius above what would have naturally occurred if not for human-caused climate change, the scientists discovered.
Certain groups of people, particularly the elderly, were more affected by the rise in heat levels than others - indeed, 1,100 of those 1,500 deaths involved people who were 75 years of age or older.
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