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Study says the burning of fossil fuels responsible for 1,500 deaths artwork

Study says the burning of fossil fuels responsible for 1,500 deaths

SBS News In Depth

Jul 10, 202506:35

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A landmark study from Imperial College London has attributed 1,500 deaths during last week’s European heatwave directly to human-induced climate change. It's the first rapid attribution study to go beyond linking climate change to weather events, and instead ties it directly to human deaths.

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