<p>A new study has found that extreme heat may have caused 70,000 excess deaths in Europe in 2022. The scientists at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) revised their earlier estimate of 61,000 after making changes to their framework for measuring heat-related mortality.</p>

<p>The researchers said the previous framework took into account the weekly data but now they were relying on daily data.</p>

<p>The new framework is based on daily temperatures and mortality records from 147 regions in 16 European countries.</p>

<h2><strong>2022: Second-hottest year for Europe</strong></h2>

<p>According to Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme, the year 2022 saw Europe witness the second-hottest year on record, with temperature around 0.9C above average and summer temperature at 1.4C above average.</p>

<p>Earlier, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Copernicus said in a joint statement that Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, warming twice as much as the global average since the 1980s.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/what-is-the-cerberus-heatwave-which-is-boiling-europe-616230"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;What is the Cerberus heatwave which is boiling Europe?</strong></a></p>

<p>“The record-breaking heat stress that Europeans experienced in 2022 was one of the main drivers of weather-related excess deaths in Europe,” said Dr Carlo Buontempo, the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service in a June statement.</p>

<p>“Our current understanding of the climate system and its evolution informs us that these kinds of events are part of a pattern that will make heat stress extremes more frequent and more intense across the region,” he added.</p>

<h2><strong>Heat-related deaths to become annual phenomenon</strong></h2>

<p>Earlier, researchers at ISGlobal and Inserm said in July that Europe could see as many as 68,000 heat-related excess deaths each year by 2030.</p>

<p>By 2040, the figure could further swell to 94,000, unless global governments take radical steps to check the carbon emissions.</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;Death toll rises as Europe suffers third heatwave</strong></p>

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<p>There are “improvements in the quality of houses, the insulation, ventilation and also a more clever design of cities. These among many others are tools at various different levels that could be implemented to reduce to increase resilience and reduce the impacts,” said Joan Ballester Claramunt, a researcher at ISGlobal.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


A new study has found that extreme heat may have caused 70,000 excess deaths in Europe in 2022. The scientists at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) revised their earlier estimate of 61,000 after making changes to their framework for measuring heat-related mortality.

A new study has found that extreme heat may have caused 70,000 excess deaths in Europe in 2022. The scientists at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) revised their earlier estimate of 61,000 after making changes to their framework for measuring heat-related mortality. The researchers said the previous framework took into account the weekly data but now they were relying on daily data. The new framework is based on daily temperatures and mortality records from 147 regions in 16 European countries. 2022: Second-hottest year for Europe According to Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme, the year 2022 saw Europe witness the second-hottest year on record, with temperature around 0.9C above average and summer temperature at 1.4C above average. Earlier, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Copernicus said in a joint statement that Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, warming twice as much as the global average since the 1980s. Also read: What is the Cerberus heatwave which is boiling Europe? “The record-breaking heat stress that Europeans experienced in 2022 was one of the main drivers of weather-related excess deaths in Europe,” said Dr Carlo Buontempo, the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service in a June statement. “Our current understanding of the climate system and its evolution informs us that these kinds of events are part of a pattern that will make heat stress extremes more frequent and more intense across the region,” he added. Heat-related deaths to become annual phenomenon Earlier, researchers at ISGlobal and Inserm said in July that Europe could see as many as 68,000 heat-related excess deaths each year by 2030. By 2040, the figure could further swell to 94,000, unless global governments take radical steps to check the carbon emissions. Watch: Death toll rises as Europe suffers third heatwave × There are “improvements in the quality of houses, the insulation, ventilation and also a more clever design of cities. These among many others are tools at various different levels that could be implemented to reduce to increase resilience and reduce the impacts,” said Joan Ballester Claramunt, a researcher at ISGlobal. (With inputs from agencies)

Extreme heat caused 70,000 excess deaths in Europe in 2022: Study

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