He summer 2023 was the fourth warmest in French history since records were taken in 1900. Furthermore, during that period, the country had four extreme heat waves.
Climate warming in France
“Three deaths out of 10 during the summer you can attribute to heatwhich represents a little more than 5,000 deaths,” declared Guillaume Boulangerfrom the health agency Santé Publique France. Exactly, fThere were precisely 5,167 deaths as a consequence of the high temperatures that They lived in the French country.
During the summer period of 2023, extreme temperatures were experienced in France. In addition to the constant heat, the French suffered 4 different heat waves, which sometimes led to the thermometer reading above 42°.
Nails 1500 deaths occurred during those periods. On the other hand, approximately 3,700 of the deceased were older adults of over 75 years.
Data from Santé Publique France point to one of the highest mortality levels linked to heat. In 2022, there were 7,000 deaths and, in 2003, there were about 15,000.
Climate change: a global problem
During recent years, heat waves have accelerated in the world in a context of global warming. The consequences are increasingly tangible, with climate phenomena ranging from extreme heat to floods.
In it start of 2024he Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union confirmed the suspicion of many. The scientists assured that 2023 was the hottest year in the history of the planet and “most likely” the warmest in the last 100,000 years.
This milestone did not surprise anyone, since during the year they were registered numerous heat waves in different parts of the world. From June onwards, all months were the hottest in the world compared to the same dates in previous years.
On average, during 2023, the planet had a temperature 1.48 degrees Celsius higher than that of pre-industrial period of 1850-1900when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, flooding the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.
In 2015, 194 countries they signed the Paris Agreement to try to prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5°C and prevent even more serious consequences. However, according to the C3S experts2023 set a “disastrous precedent“and the objectives of the agreement are in danger in the future.
Source: Ambito
