The extreme heat will kill millions of people in Europe without prompt action

If the state does not take action to reduce climate change, it may die as a result of extreme temperature as a result of extreme temperature by the end of the century. 。

Researchers analyzed the temperature and mortality data of 854 urban areas in Europe 30 countries to project the possibility of temperature -related death between 2015 and 2099. The green space of the city, the amount of the shade, or the air conditioning in the house.

The result published in Nature Medicine1 is that the passional death can surpass the most optimistic scenarios that have been caused by the cold, and the overall temperature -related death will increase by nearly 50 %. It suggests that there is. The Mediterranean regions, especially eastern Spanish, southern France, Italy, and Malta are progressing smoothly to be the worst (see fatal heat).

“In order to make up for the rise in temperature, large -scale adaptation is required,” said Pierre Masselot, co -author of Pierre Masselot, the Faculty of Health Faculty of Health, and Pierre Masselot. At this time, he says, “It’s difficult to see how that level can reach.”

Rapid warming

In recent years, several countries have experienced a heat wave of a record of tens of thousands of deaths. Nevertheless, in Europe, death due to cold temperature is now 10 to 1 that was caused by heat. This is on the track that changes as the temperature of the earth rises. It is predicted that cold -related deaths will decrease, but what is caused by extreme heat is more common.

For their analysis, Maserot and his colleagues investigated four future scenarios with 1.5 ° C, 2 ° C, 3 ° C, and 4 ° C. In addition, the government may consider three scenarios for how to improve adaptation strategies, reducing the risk of enthusiastic deaths by 10 %, 50 % or 90 %.

How climate change is being attacked by Europe: Three graphics clarify the effects of health