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Why some Europeans face deadlier heat and cold: Inequality map reveals who is most at risk

phys.org·Barcelona Institute for Global Health·25 days ago
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Regions with greater socioeconomic inequalities are more affected by cold weather, whereas areas with higher levels of wealth and urbanization are at greater risk during heat waves and lower risk during cold spells. This is shown by a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The results, published in Nature Health , for the first time quantify across the urban and rural population of 32 European countries how socioeconomic inequalities influence temperature-related mortality . The impacts of climate change on health are already measurable and, unless adaptation and mitigation measures are implemented, they will increase in the coming decades. In Europe, between 2022 and 2024, more than 180,000 deaths associated with heat were recorded, confirming that temperature is becoming a key determinant of public health .…

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