Due to climate change, many European nations have experienced significant losses this year. In some of these nations, catastrophes like unexpected showers, hot droughts, and forest fires have alarmed the entire world. At least 15,000 people have perished in Europe this year as a result of the heat, according to Hans Henri Kluge, regional director for Europe for the WHO. This figure is rather startling.
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Death figures were recorded in these countries of Europe
Kluge stated, “Based on the country’s data supplied so far, it is predicted that at least 15,000 people perished in 2022, mostly due to heat, ” according to the news agency ANI. More than 4,000 deaths were reported in Spain, more than 1,000 in Portugal, more than 3,200 in the UK, and about 4,500 in Germany during the summer.
Disasters have long been on the WHO’s radar
The information comes as representatives and negotiators from all around the world gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), where they will build on earlier accords to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Changing climates and related problems have been emergencies for decades. The WHO and its allies have long raised the warning, but not much has been done.
Floods and storms are largely due to climate change
High-impact weather and climate events in 2021 directly impacted more than 500,000 people and resulted in hundreds of fatalities. Hurricanes or floods accounted for about 84 percent of these occurrences. Kluge claimed that the health of the people in our region has been impacted by a 1.1 °C rise in the global average temperature.
