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Climate Change Led to At Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe This Summer

Bloomberg.com · last updated

Climate change fueled scorching summer temperatures that killed an estimated 16,500 people in European cities this summer, pushing overall heat deaths to more than three times what might otherwise have occurred, according to a new study.

The analysis presents an early glimpse at the effects of Europe’s fourth warmest summer on record, in which a series of heatwaves hit countries from Italy to Germany and France. Temperatures reached up to 46C (115F) in Spain and Portugal, and led to the deaths of several outdoor workers in Spain and Italy.

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