Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

<p>Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases</p><p>Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/publications/all-publications/summer-heat-deaths-in-854-european-cities-more-than-tripled-due-to-climate-change">analysis of mortality</a> in 854 big cities has found.</p><p>Epidemiologists and climate scientists attributed 16,500 out of 24,400 heat deaths from June to August to the extra hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/17/human-made-global-warming-caused-two-in-three-heat-deaths-in-europe-this-summer-analysis-finds">Continue reading...</a>