In case anyone is still listening: 14.500 excess deaths have been recorded during the June heatwave in Germany alone. At least 70% (i.e. ~10.000 premature deaths) r due to man-made climate change in 1 week. The conservative RKI numbers r certainly a massive underestimate! www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Ge...
Smaller numbers because small country but Belgium reported similar findings bsky.app/profile/sara...
Sarah KendrewCrazy numbers from Belgium: the peak of the late June heatwave may have had the 2nd most deaths in a single day in this century (dark blue curve), second only to a day in the early pandemic in April 2020 (in red). The numbers are preliminary, shocking if confirmed.
Heat kills many more humans than terrorism does. It will kill many more than any wars do. 4billiondead.org
4 Billion Dead - There are no wordsWe’ve passed +1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. +2.4°C is now unstoppable. The image above is from the Planetary Solvency report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, the UK’s only…4billiondead.org