Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe
المصدر: The Guardian | Source: The GuardianFindings come after third-hottest April on record globally and amid fears of more brutal European summer weather
Economic inequality adds more than 100,000 deaths to the vast toll from heat and cold in Europe each year, research has found.
Cutting the overall level of inequality to that of Europe’s most equal region, as measured by the Gini index, would reduce temperature-related mortality by as much as 30%, equating to 109,866 lives potentially saved, the study found.
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