'Refining methods for attributing health impacts to climate change: a heat-mortality case study in Zürich' shows that climate change is not only increasing deaths during extreme heatwaves, but also on milder days when temperatures exceed local thresholds for human health.
'Refining methods for attributing health impacts to climate change: a heat-mortality case study in Zürich' shows that climate change is not only increasing deaths during extreme heatwaves, but also on milder days when temperatures exceed local thresholds for human health.
While improved resilience measures such as access to cooling, healthcare, and public awareness have prevented an estimated 700 deaths since 2004, the number of heat-related deaths continues to rise as global temperatures increase.
Lead author Dr Rupert Stuart-Smith, Senior Research Fellow in Climate Science and the Law at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and Deputy Director of the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, said:
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