PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München

Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M.* ; Scovronick, N.* ; Sera, F.* ; Royé, D.* ; Schneider, R.* ; Tobias, A.* ; Åström, C.* ; Guo, Y.* ; Honda, Y.* ; Hondula, D.M.* ; Abrutzky, R.* ; Tong, S.* ; Coelho, M.d.S.Z.S.* ; Saldiva, P.H.N.* ; Lavigne, E.* ; Correa, P.M.* ; Ortega, N.V.* ; Kan, H.* ; Osorio, S.* ; Kyselý, J.* ; Urban, A.* ; Orru, H.* ; Indermitte, E.* ; Jaakkola, J.J.K.* ; Ryti, N.* ; Pascal, M.* ; Schneider, A.E. ; Katsouyanni, K.* ; Samoli, E.* ; Mayvaneh, F.* ; Entezari, A.* ; Goodman, P.J.* ; Zeka, A.* ; Michelozzi, P.* ; de’Donato, F.* ; Hashizume, M.* ; Alahmad, B.* ; Diaz, M.H.* ; Valencia, C.D.L.C.* ; Overcenco, A.* ; Houthuijs, D.* ; Ameling, C.* ; Rao, S.* ; Di Ruscio, F.* ; Carrasco-Escobar, G.* ; Seposo, X.* ; Silva, S.* ; Madureira, J.* ; Holobaca, I.H.* ; Fratianni, S.* ; Acquaotta, F.* ; Kim, H.* ; Lee, W.* ; Iñiguez, C.* ; Forsberg, B.* ; Ragettli, M.S.* ; Guo, Y.L.L.* ; Chen, B.Y.* ; Li, S.* ; Armstrong, B.* ; Aleman, A.* ; Zanobetti, A.* ; Schwartz, J.* ; Dang, T.N.* ; Dung, D.V.* ; Gillett, N.* ; Haines, A.* ; Mengel, M.* ; Huber, V.* ; Gasparrini, A.*

The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change.

Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 492-500 (2021)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
Climate change affects human health; however, there have been no large-scale, systematic efforts to quantify the heat-related human health impacts that have already occurred due to climate change. Here, we use empirical data from 732 locations in 43 countries to estimate the mortality burdens associated with the additional heat exposure that has resulted from recent human-induced warming, during the period 1991–2018. Across all study countries, we find that 37.0% (range 20.5–76.3%) of warm-season heat-related deaths can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change and that increased mortality is evident on every continent. Burdens varied geographically but were of the order of dozens to hundreds of deaths per year in many locations. Our findings support the urgent need for more ambitious mitigation and adaptation strategies to minimize the public health impacts of climate change.
Altmetric
Additional Metrics?
[➜Log in]
Edit extra informations Login
Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Corresponding Author
Keywords Metaanalysis; Temperature
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1758-678X
e-ISSN 1758-6798
Journal Nature Climate Change
Quellenangaben Volume: 11, Issue: 6, Pages: 492-500 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place Heidelberger Platz 3, Berlin, 14197, Germany
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
Grants Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology
Natural Environment Research Council UK
European Union's Horizon 2020 Project Exhaustion
NIEHS
Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Japan
Academy of Finland
Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Czech Science Foundation
Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of SICORP
Career Development Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Early Career Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council UK