Scientists blame climate breakdown for two deaths in every three of the deaths. Death toll in 854 cities was the worst on record, study found. People succumbed to heat in the highest rates in Malta, italy and Hungary. A record 50,000 people died this summer due to climate breakdown.
815 people per million died in the heat in Naples, the most populated city on the continent. The death toll was almost half of those between the age of 85. Heat has warmed Europe twice as fast as global average, exposing more to hot summers and cold winters.
Study combined heat and mortality data with temperature data for 2026. Death tolls differ from what national public health agency have calculated using their own methods. Doctors have urged governments to burn more fossil fuels.
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