A study conducted by an international team of climate scientists as part of the global weather assignment initiative revealed that more than 20,000 people died across Western Europe after the rise in temperatures last summer.
The scientists said – according to what was reported by the British newspaper (the Guardian) on its website – that the analysis of excessive deaths and the difference between the number of deaths that occurred and those expected based on the current trends, reveals the threats posed by global warming caused by climate change.
The study found that these high temperatures were “actually impossible” without the climate crisis.
During the summer heat waves, the temperatures exceeded 40 degrees in London, areas in southwestern France reached 42 degrees Celsius, and Seville and Cordoba in Spain recorded a record of 44 degrees Celsius.
According to the National Statistical Office, 3,271 excessive deaths were recorded in England and Wales between June 1 and September 7, or 6. 2% higher than the average of the past five years.
And the French Health Agency announced, earlier, about 10 thousand and 420 excessive deaths during last summer months, and according to data, one in four of these deaths occurred during one of three severe free waves that hit the country, as the excessive death rate represented 20 % higher. In the areas where red alerts were issued on maximum temperatures.
In Spain, the state -backed Carlos III Institute estimates that there are 4,655 deaths due to the heat between June and August last.
While the Robert Koch Institute, the German Governmental Health Agency, announced that 4,500 people were killed in the country during last summer months due to the maximum temperatures.
In the same context, the professor at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change Research and Environment, Frederick Auto, said: “The heat waves are one of the biggest threats posed by climate change, so high temperatures are responsible for thousands of deaths all over the world every year and many of them are not reported. “.
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