US EditionExtreme heat claims 175,000 lives a year in Europe: WHO
- The World Health Organization reported that extreme heat kills over 175,000 people annually in Europe, where temperatures are rising faster than in other regions.
- Between 2000 and 2019, Europe accounted for 36 percent of approximately 489,000 global heat-related deaths, averaging 176,040 each year.
- Hans Kluge stated that heat stress is the leading cause of climate-related death in Europe, with a 30 percent increase in heat-related mortality over the past two decades.
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The World Health Organization's European Regional Office said Thursday that heat kills more than 175,000 people every year in the old continent, where temperatures are rising faster than the rest of the world.
20 dead an hour, 24 hours a day, all year round. That is the price Europe is paying for climate change -- and the figure will only rise, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). Europe is in many ways the worst hit by the rising global temperatures fueled by our use of fossil fuels. On the continent, the average temperature rises twice as much...
Copenhagen. More than 175,000 people die each year in Europe due to the effects of heat, according to a statement released on Thursday by the European division of the World Health Organization (WHO). Among the approximately 489,000 heat-related deaths worldwide recorded annually by the WHO between 2000 and 2019, “the European region represents 36% (of these victims), that is, an average of 176,040 deaths per year” during this period. The WHO Eur…
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