About 2/3 of the 50,000 deaths from the summer heatwaves in Europe are attributable to climate change, say Imperial College researchers That's risen from 2/5 at the start of the century Note that heat deaths are projected to rise faster than cold deaths fall www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hot weather from relentless heatwaves killed nearly twice as many people -50k in Europe alone - as it did in each of the 2 next most dangerous years. The share of deaths due to climate breakdown has risen from c40% at the start of the century to 65% this summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths. In other news: Andy Burnham's government greenlights Jackdaw North Sea gas extraction which will accelerate climate breakdown
Heat killed a staggering 50,000 people in European cities this summer, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths.
Climate change has stopped the next Ice Age For thousands of years, Earth’s orbital cycles favoured cooler northern summers, the kind of conditions that help ice sheets grow. Then GHG emissions changed the balance reversing ~2,000 years of ice-sheet expansion. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#HeatKills: "This summer Europe experienced an estimated 50,000 heat-related deaths as high temperatures scorched the continent, making it the most deadly season for heat mortality in modern records". Which also means that *not* preparing for heatwaves is tantamount to collective suicide.
In 2025, terrorism killed just fourteen people in Europe, according to the Global Terrorism Index.
Extreme heat killed more than 50,000 Europeans this summer: climate change was responsible for two-thirds of those deaths. The 2026 summer was the deadliest so far this century. This study examined records across 850 European cities. www.politico.eu/article/this...
Some of Europe’s highest energy costs expected in Britain this winter. Since privatisation UK gas storage capacity reduced to about 8 - 12 days, EU has 80 -120 days. UK is net importer of electricity. Wars, privatisation and profiteering take toll.
"In many cities, allowing more homes in built-up neighborhoods is the single most impactful emissions strategy that’s fully under local control, and new research shows liberalizing in-town homebuilding can bring climate benefits quickly." usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/22/o...
“People succumbed to heat at the highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, while absolute death tolls were greatest in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the UK.” #ClimateChange #Heatwaves #r4today
With scientists finding 32,000 urban heat deaths were directly caused by global warming, and over 4,300 in the UK alone, government inaction on net zero is deadly. When will ministers insulate homes, green urban infrastructure, and phase out fossil fuels? #ClimateAction
Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/... If this was a novel virus, and the death toll was recurring annually, there would be a relentless international effort to tackle it. But climate change induced deaths just aren’t given the respect they deserve.
This paper was enabled by the published temperature/mortality response functions of Masselot et al. for 854 European cities demonstrating how important these functions are. Unfortunately, the underlying daily mortality data in the US & elsewhere is nearly impossible to obtain. At least for me 🥵
"We estimate 430,365 heat-related deaths over the study period, with just over half of the modelled burden attributable to human-induced warming." #Europe 🇪🇺 #ClimateEmergency
I remember a Spectator article from years ago jadedly assuring readers that climate change would not kill anyone.
If this death toll was the result of a terrorist attack, the world would be up in arms And remember, this is not the new normal From the perspective of 2100, or even 2050, the summer of 2026 will be one of the coolest www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Places are becoming increasingly unliveable — even where you live #NomadCentury
More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found. abcnews.com/Health/wireS...
Summer 2026 was Europe’s deadliest on record: Heat killed more than 50,000 people in 854 cities, and researchers at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London attribute almost two-thirds of those deaths to climate change. www.trendingtopics.eu/heat-deaths-...
50,000 heat deaths in Europe. The research only counted deaths in cities. "This means the total number of heat-related deaths across Europe during the summer will have been considerably higher." And as @andyscollick.bsky.social says, Govts will continue to make no attempt to achieve net zero.
At Berlin's main train station, a display warned of the heat on July 30. People walked past it as though a warning over the loudspeaker could somehow keep danger at bay. Behind this summer's temperatures lies a number Europe should take far
Summer Heat’s Toll on Europe: 50,000 Deaths and a €17 Billion GDP Hit French GDP was 0.2% smaller in the second quarter due to extreme heat, Germany’s economy was 0.1% smaller, while Spain saw a 0.05% heat-related GDP dent www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nothing to see here, just scientists estimating 50,000 excess deaths in Europe this summer linked to the extreme heat that engulfed the continent as.ft.com/r/27d1fe07-a...
It's going to take a LOT more than €30 billion for Europeans to adapt and survive the coming decades of climate change impacts. Try € tens of trillions.
Absolutely awful and to think that so many politicians, particularly Reform want to tie the British people to energy insecurity indefinitely over some ideological obsession to support the oil industry Official forecasts show country will meet energy demand by paying high prices to secure imports
Norway created a sovereign fund and kept control over its gas & oil supplies. The Tories privatised everything connected to energy. This is the result. Privatisation is a disaster everywhere. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Heat killed over 50,000 people in Europe in summer 2026, making it deadliest on record
Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A new study reveals that Europe's summer heat waves claimed over 50,000 lives, with nearly two-thirds attributed to human-caused climate change. tinyurl.com/2f88h6cd #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange
Fossil fuels are expensive. Fossil fuels cause wars. Fossil fuels kill. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I would have thought that 50,000 people dying from the heat in Europe this summer would have generated more alarm.
Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn #Climate
Surely not. I live in Scotland, which has an abundance of renewable energy? Ah, but we remain imprisoned in that 'precious' Union. Some of Europe’s highest energy costs expected in Britain this winter www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Did humans stop the next ice age? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"We have an unhealthy relationship with time. We live in a present that's both contrived and confined. We vacation in a fictional past and we talk about the future but we don't go there." #r4today #GlobalHeating
This is impossible Trump assured us that no one has ever died from climate change, I believe it came up in the context of him discussing changing the name of the Atlantic Ocean to "Trump Ocean" Or he might have been talking about famous golfers' penises, I can't remember Something policy-related
Tallying the Toll of Europe’s Summer of Deadly Extreme Heat - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Climate change blamed for two-thirds of heat deaths in Europe abcnews.com/Health/wireS...
🇪🇺Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths #ClimateCrisis #Wrldpoli🌐 www.npr.org/2026/10/23/g...
"It's not too late to give coral reefs 🪸 a chance to recover, but this requires decisive action to combat climate change and halt ocean warming." (Grethel Aguilar, Director General - IUCN) 🌍
50,400 heat-related deaths across 854 European cities this summer. An estimated 65% are attributable to human-induced climate change. The climate crisis is a public health crisis. We need urgent climate action and effective heat protection. #ClimateCrisis www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
“Nature is our greatest ally in preventing wildfires starting in the first place, with healthy landscapes keeping more moisture in the ground to stop fires spreading.” - good from Angela Eagle. Now government need to enforce it and support it! www.gov.uk/government/n...
We have a government that cares about corporations not people. #Neoliberalism
A warming atmosphere holds more moisture. We warmed the atmosphere, now here come the floods. Just as predicted by physics. Odd how, whether you “believe” in science or not, it just keeps on happening.
US is a big reason for the world losing ground in the fight against climate change, UN report says apnews.com/article/clim...
Net zero and temperatures stop to rise had been a nice weather theory... We will have to remove massively GHGs out of the atmosphere or that's it, the below scenario does not incorporate GHG feedbacks which will become massive and are already in the pipeline... #climate #earth
I think someone needs to get in touch with the atmosphere. I was told that if we stopped talking about climate change then it would stop happening
"Even if we stop emitting, Earth will remain approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures."
