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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

Climate study warns of 2.3m more temperature-related deaths in Europe by 2099

People watching the setting sun in a heatwave (Victoria Jones/ PA) - (PA Archive)

Rising deaths from extreme heat will “far exceed” reductions in numbers dying from cold temperatures in Europe with climate change, researchers suggest.

A study modelling the change in deaths related to high and low temperatures found that there could be more than 2.3 million excess deaths across hundreds of European cities by the end of the century if urgent action is not taken to cut emissions.

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