{"id":129956,"date":"2024-04-23T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/heatwave-deaths-increased-across-almost-all-europe-in-2023-says-un-weather-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:00:41","slug":"heatwave-deaths-increased-across-almost-all-europe-in-2023-says-un-weather-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/heatwave-deaths-increased-across-almost-all-europe-in-2023-says-un-weather-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129956\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nClimate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves \u2013 a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday. New data published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed fears that 2023 was &#8220;the joint warmest or second warmest year on record&#8221; in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, this led to a record number of days with \u201cextreme heat stress\u201d across Europe, \u201can increasing trend\u201d in the number of \u201cstrong heat stress\u201d days on the continent and an \u201cextended summer\u201d from June to September, marked by heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2023 was the joint warmest or second warmest year on record depending on the dataset,\u201d WMO said. \u201cHeat-related mortality has increased by around 30 per cent in the past 20 years, and heat-related deaths are estimated to have increased in 94 per cent of the European regions monitored.\u201d A precise estimate of heat-related deaths is not yet available for 2023, but WMO noted that between 55,000 and 72,000 people died in heatwaves in 2003, 2010 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The findings in the WMO&#8217;s 2023 European State of the Climate report reflect increasing wider climate change shocks globally, but they are particularly significant because the continent is the fastest warming, WMO said. \u201cThe climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our generation,\u201d said Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General. \u201cThe cost of climate action may seem high, but the cost of inaction is much higher. As this report shows, we need to leverage science to provide solutions for the good of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers who tracked back a decade found that members of the public and some health providers also had \u201ca low-risk perception\u201d of the dangers of heat exhaustion. To counter this, early warning systems including the WMO\u2019s Regional Climate Centre\u2019s Climate Watch are designed to raise awareness of impending extreme weather events and encourage preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN agency, land temperatures in Europe were above average for 11 months of the year in 2023, including the warmest September on record. Rainfall was also seven per cent higher than average, WMO\u2019s weather report found, with European rivers flowing at record levels in December and \u201cexceptionally high\u201d flow in almost a quarter of the river network. This meant that during 2023, \u201chigh\u201d flood thresholds were crossed in one third of the European river network while close to one in seven exceeded \u201csevere\u201d flood thresholds.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/04\/11487960\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/04\/11487960\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/heatwave-deaths-increased-across-almost-all-europe-in-2023-says-un-weather-agency\/\">Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[696,614,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-129956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-europe","tag-heatwave","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}