Published on
11/06/2026 - 14:03 GMT+2
Every year, extreme heat leads to a rise in heat-related illnesses and premature deaths across the globe.
In Europe alone, heat has caused over 200,000 deaths over the last four years and nearly all of them were preventable, said Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s Europe director.
“The impacts of climate change are a clear and present danger, and its most immediate and lethal manifestation is extreme heat,” added Kluge during the presentation of WHO’s new Heat–Health Action Plans Guidance in Germany.
