Climate change action could dramatically limit rising UK heat wave deaths

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Jul 10, 2025, 2:00 pm93 ptsTrending
A new study suggests that, under realistic scenarios of high emissions and socioeconomic development, annual heat-related deaths in the U.K. could rise to about 50 times current rates by the 2070s, but that climate change mitigation and adaptation could significantly limit this rise.

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