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Climate change doubled Belgium's June 2026 heatwave deaths
Original: Climate change doubled heat deaths in Belgium during the June 2026 heatwave
Researchers report that human-caused climate change roughly doubled the number of heat-related deaths in Belgium during the June 2026 heatwave. The finding comes from rapid attribution analysis comparing actual temperatures with a cooler, pre-warming baseline. It adds to a growing body of evidence linking extreme summer heat directly to excess mortality across Europe, and it is prompting calls for stronger heat protection measures.
Why now: Rapid attribution studies linking a recent deadly European heatwave to climate change are drawing attention to rising heat mortality.
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