Europe faces 2.3 million heat deaths this century without action, warns Madeleine Thomson

In January, a team of scientists published one of the most sobering forecasts yet for Europe’s future. A study in Nature Medicine estimated that without aggressive adaptation, about 2.3 million additional temperature-related deaths could occur across 854 European urban areas between 2015 and 2099. Even under scenarios with adaptation, many regions — especially in southern Europe — still face net increases unless emissions fall sharply.

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