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Changing Climate to Bring More AC to Rich Nations, More Deaths to Poor Ones 0726.rtf
Could 4 Billion People Die at 3°C? 0726.rtf
India’s Death Toll Rises amid Escalating Heat Crisis 0726.rtf
How Wildfire Smoke Kills 10s of 1,000s of People a Year, Attacking the Body 0728.rtf
Germany Recorded 5,000 Excess Deaths in Late-June Heat Wave 0726.rtfExtreme Heat Is Not an Equal-Opportunity Killer 0726.rtfHeat Waves in France Cause 5,400 Deaths a Year, Vulnerable Communities Hit 1st 0626.rtfHeat Wave Caused Some 480 Excess Deaths in Netherlands 0726.rtfFrance Deaths Rose Nearly 30% during Heat Wave 0726.rtfFrance Has 1,000 Excess Deaths as Heat Wave Sweeps across Europe 0626.rtfEurope Faces Another Day of Record-Breaking Heat That’s Already Killed 100s 0626.rtf100s in Spain May Have Died from Record Heat 0626.rtf40 People Drown as France Seeks Relief from Record Heat 0626.rtfHeat Waves Are Killing 10s of 1,000s in India. Officials Are Barely Counting Them. 0626.rtfIndian Extreme Heat Tied to 3,400 Excess Deaths in 1 Day, Nearly 30,000 in 5 Days 0526.rtfIndia Heat Wave Kills over 100 as Power, Health Systems Strain 0526.rtfExceptionally Early Heat Wave Shatters Records and Brings Deaths in Europe 0526.rtfHeat Is a Growing Threat to the Hajj Pilgrimage—Even in Spring 0626.rtfTrump’s Anti-Climate Agenda Could Add 1.3 Million More Deaths Globally 1125.rtf - from mortality from heat, short-term adn long-termHot Weather is Killing More than Half a Million People a Year 1025.rtf - from Lancet Countdown report, see Broad Impacts page for details.Dozens Are Dead, Dozens More Missing as Catastrophic Rains Devastate Mexico 1025.rtfClimate Change Led to at Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe in Summer 2025 - 0925.rtf - For people in 854 urban areas, representing only 1/3 of Europe's population.Europe Suffered over 62,700 Heat-Related Deaths in 2024 - 0925.rtfIndia’s Boiling Point 0825.rtf - This long read emphasizes the high levels of heat and humidity in India, including stories of life in emergency rooms of hospitals and clinics (usually not air conditioned). See "Bio-Impacts / Too Hot and Humid" page for a map of India's most vulnerable areas (to date).100s Killed as Floods Ravage North Pakistan 0825.rtfHeat Deaths in Spain Have Surged This Summer, amid Record Temperatures 0725.rtfBurning Fossil Fuels Caused 1,500 Deaths in Recent European Heat Wave 0725.rtfDeath Toll Reaches at Least 120 in Texas Floods 0725.rtfExtreme Heat Is Killing European Workers despite Government Efforts 0725.rtfHotter Climate Turns Heat Waves More Dangerous. We Still Underestimate Them. 0625.rtfMore than 700 Believed Dead in Devastating Nigeria Floods 0625.rtfAs Climate Disasters Kill in Pakistan, the True Scale Is Unknown 0525.rtfStudy Projects Millions of European Heat Deaths as World Warms 0125.rtfClimate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much. 1024.rtfDozens Killed in Spain Floods 1024.rtf - more than 200, mostly in Valencia from heavy rains8 Dead as Violent Storms Sweep Brazil after Worst-Ever Drought 1024.rtfHelene Has Become One of the Deadliest US Hurricanes of the Modern Era 1024.rtf - 221 and counting. The most deaths from US hurricanes include 2,975 from Maria (2017) in Puerto Rico; 1,392 from Katrina (2005) around New Orleans; more then 500 from Audrey (1957) in Louisiana and Texas; 256 from Camille (1969) in southwest Mississippi; about 200 from Diane (1955) in North Carolina; 159 from Sandy (2012) in greater New York City and SE New Jersey; 156 from Ian (2022) in southwest Florida into the Carolinas; 128 from Agnes (1972) from Florida to Maryland; and 103 from Harvey (2017) in Texas (especially Houston) and Louisiana.Hurricane Helene Deaths Will Continue for Years, Study Suggests 1024.rtf - It analyzed mortality before and after 501 tropical storms in the affected areas, over 1930 to 2015. Why? Start with borrowing from retirement savings to cover an uninsured loss might lead to tougher financial circumstances down the line. The stress of losing a home could worsen heart conditions that ultimately prove fatal. Hurricanes can erode local government capacity, draining resources for priorities like road safety or firefighting. Psychological effects and substance abuse.Dozens Dead after Typhoon Yagi Hammers Vietnam with Floods, Landslides 0924.rtfHeat Deaths in Europe May Triple by 2100 - 0824.rtfClick for moreHeat Aggravated by Carbon Pollution Killed 50,000 Europeans in 2023 - 0824.rtfHeat Claims More than 175,000 Lives Annually in Europe, Latest Data Shows 0824.rtfLandslides Caused by Heavy Rains Kill 93, Bury Many Others in South India 0724.rtfHow Many People Die from Extreme Temperatures, and How This Could Change 0724.rtfHeat Is Testing the Limits of Human Survivability. Here’s How It Kills. 0724.rtfExtreme Heat Killed at Least 28 Americans This Week. The Toll Is Rising. 0724.rtfHistorically Hot US Summer Is on a Killing Spree. It Shows No Signs of Stopping. 0724.rtfExtreme Heat’s Cost in California - 100s of Deaths, 1,000s of Injuries, Billions of $ 0724.rtfNo One Knows How Many People Are Dying from Extreme Heat, but Lots Are 0724.rtf‘Potentially Historic’ Heat Wave Threatens over 130 Million Americans, Many Fires 0724.rtfPersistent US Heat Wave Shatters Records, Causes Deaths in West, Grips East 0724.rtfUntamed Global Warming Risks Soaring Death Toll in Middle East 0423.rtfOver 1,300 Hajj Heat Wave Deaths Underscore Climate Threat for Most Vulnerable 0624.rtfIndia’s Extreme Heat Leaves at Least 29 Dead 0524.rtfAsia’s Killer April Heat Wave Was Made Much Worse by Climate Change 0524.rtfDeadly Wildfires Kill at Least 99 in Chile 0224.rtfClimate Change to Kill 14.5 million Humans by 2050, but Mostly Not Directly 0224.rtfScorching Heat Caused Deaths to Double at Busiest US-Mexico Border Route 1023.rtfPotentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Emerging across the Globe 0520.rtf Focus on wet-bulb temperatures, with 35°C or hotter bringing death soon. For details and interactive world map, see "Too Hot & Humid" section of my Bio-Impacts webpage.Heat Deaths Surge in Hottest US City, as AZ Governor Declares Heat Emergency 0823.rtfOld People Burn to Death in Their Home as Mediterranean Wildfire Toll Mounts 0723.rtfNearly 62,000 People Died from Europe’s 2022 Record-Breaking Heat 0723.rtfWarmer World Risks Extra 9 Million Deaths Annually – WHO 0523.rtfEurope’s Hottest Summer Led to over 23,000 Excess Deaths 1122.rtfGlobal Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Human Deaths a Year 0123.rtfPhoenix Could See Deadliest Year for Heat Deaths, after Sweltering Summer 1022.rtfProlonged Drought Brings Famine, Death and Fear to Somalia 1022.rtfDozens Killed in Monsoon Flash Floods in Northern India 0822.rtf - in Himalayas northwest of NepalClimate Change Is Killing People and Taking Trillions of Dollars 0722.rtfDeaths, Costs of Climate-Linked Disasters May Be Grossly Undercounted 0622.rtfA Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results 0122.rtfA Carbon Calculation - How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? 0721.rtfExtreme Heat Is Killing People in Arizona’s Mobile Homes 0721.rtfHistoric Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Has Killed 100s in US, Canada in a Week 0721.rtf100s of Deaths across Canada, Pacific Northwest, amid Unrelenting Heat Wave 0721.rtfYes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out 6 Billion People 0919.rtf - "As much as a decade ago, a climate symposium organized to discuss the implications of a 4°C warmer world concluded, 'Less than a billion people will survive.' Here Schellnhuber is quoted as saying: 'At 4[°]C Earth’s... carrying capacity estimates are below 1 billion people.' His words were echoed by professor Kevin Anderson of the U.K.’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change: 'Only about 10% of the planet’s population would survive at 4 C.”’"Record 2019 Heat Wave Linked to Climate Change Killed 1,500 People in France 0919.rtfClimate Crisis Already Causing Deaths and Childhood Stunting 0719.rtfLost Cities and Climate Change 0719.rtf - Cahokia, Huns, 14th century Europe, late Roman empireClimate Change Causing Premature Deaths in Europe 0619.rtfClimate Change Is Aggravating the Suffering in Yemen 1118.rtfClimate Change Could Double Deaths from Wildfire Smoke 0918.rtfHurricane Maria’s Death Toll in Puerto Rico Rises to 2,975 - 0818.rtfAdding Up the Cost of Climate Change in Lost Lives 0818.rtfRising Temperatures Linked to Increased Suicide Rates 0718.rtfMany Killed in Forest Fires near Athens 0718.rtfStudy Hikes Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Death Toll to 4,645 - 0518.rtfTougher Climate Policies Could Save a Stunning 150 Million Lives 0318.rtfWeather Disasters to Impact 2 out of 3 Europeans by 2100, Study Says 0817.rtf - 152,000 [heat] deaths a year from weather disasters in Europe by 2100, versus 3,000 a year from 1981 to 2010.Suicides of Nearly 60,000 Indian Farmers Linked to Climate Change 0717.rtfFood Scarcity due to Climate Change Could Cause 500,000 Deaths by 2050 - 0316 copy.rtfHalf Million Die in Decade of Disasters in Asia Pacific 1015.rtfHow Climate Change Might Kill People 0715.rtf - More deaths from heat outnumber fewer deaths from cold. Increased temperature variability increases mortality.Pakistan Heat Wave - Death Toll over 800 in Sindh 0615.rtfHeat Wave in Pakistan's Sindh Province Leaves 120 Dead 0615.rtfThe Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity 0615.rtfThe Heat and Death Toll Are Rising in India. Is This a Glimpse of Earth’s Future? 0515.rtfIndia Heat Wave Toll Passes 1,000 - 0515.rtfExtreme Heat a ‘Silent’ Killer 0414.rtfAir Pollution Linked to 7 Million (11% of) Deaths a Year Globally 0314.rtfGlobal Warming Could Kill Thousands of Australians- IPCC 1013.rtfAir Pollution Likely to Kill More and Shorten Lives, as Climate Warms 0913.rtfAir Pollution Worsened by Climate Change Will Be Potent Killer This Century 0913.rtfHeat Wave the Deadliest Extreme Weather Event - CDC 0813.rtfThe East is Grey 0813.rtfNeighborhoods Tied to Heat-Related Deaths 0713.rtfNW India Floods - More Than 5,700 People Presumed Dead 0713.rtfHeat Waves Are More Deadly For Poor, Minorities 0613.rtf10 Nations Where Climate Change Kills the Most People 1212.rtfGaia Guy Says Population to Crash to 1B by 2100 0209.rtfIndia Lost the Most People to Climate Change 1208.rtfHeat Deaths in Manhattan to Rise 0513.rtf
The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity 0615.rtf
Map estimates are from WHO, via John Holdren (see Overviews page).
Table estmates (a decade later) are from from DARA, November 2012, available above under Costs. 400,000 climate-related deaths in 2010 and 632,000 climate-related deaths in 2030.
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