📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵

Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.

#ClimateChange-driven summer heat caused 16,500 additional deaths across Europe, study estimates

Malcolm Mistry & Pierre Masselot explain that cities & societies need to adapt to #ExtremeHeat but reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical. @lshtm-dash.bsky.social

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🗞️ We are “entering an uncharted territory of climate change”

@malmistry1977.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Climate and Geo-Spatial Modelling at @lshtm.bsky.social also comments on the rise in heatwaves in Europe, and what this means for future summers

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🗞️ In @theguardian.com article on the current extreme #heatwaves in Europe @gasparrini.bsky.social at LSHTM comments on its impact of public health‬ and mortality rates, and the need for public health measures to tackle heatwaves

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☀️ ICYMI: recent research from @gasparrini.bsky.social @malmistry1977.bsky.social & the EHM Lab estimated the deaths from extreme heat in the recent #heatwaves in Europe, highlighting the public health impact of #ClimateChange

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About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

⚠️Climate change tripled death toll in 12 European cities during last week's heatwave rapid analysis by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social estimates.

🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵