Man-made climate change is responsible for the recent heatwaves and droughts that have led to over 30,000 excess summer deaths in Europe.

Heatwave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: first figures https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260821-heatwave-hit-europe-logs-over-30-000-excess-summer-deaths-first-figures Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back heatwaves and drought which scientists have blamed on man-made climate change, according to provisional figures.

Heat wave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: First figures #Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back #heat waves and drought that scientists have blamed on man-made #ClimateChange, according to provisional figures. Between mid-July and mid-August, the continent's #EuroMomo monitoring platform estimates that Europe saw more than 32,000 excess deaths—with the summer not yet over. While EuroMomo does not publish breakdowns of deaths by country, various national health authorities have published provisional tolls covering comparable periods stretching roughly between the end of May and August. An AFP count of those tallies found 33,000 excess deaths or deaths directly linked to the heat across just eight countries: #Austria, #Belgium, #England, #France, #Germany, the #Netherlands, #Portugal and #Spain. https://phys.org/news/2026-08-europe-excess-summer-deaths-figures.html #ClimateCatastrophe #ExtremeWeather #EndFossilFuels