Europe's brutal summer heat waves caused an estimated 50,391 deaths across hundreds of cities in 2026, with nearly two-thirds attributed to human-caused climate change, according to new research.
The analysis by Imperial College London examined 854 cities across 30 European countries between June and August. Researchers estimated that more than 32,600 deaths resulted from the additional heat caused by global warming, rather than the temperatures that would have occurred without human influence on the climate.
