Nearly half of schools and hospitals in European cities are located in urban 'heat islands', exposing vulnerable populations to health-threatening temperatures as climate change impacts worsen, the European Union's environment agency has said.
A view shows the ground of the Rialb reservoir as drinking water supplies have plunged to their lowest level since 1990 due to extreme drought, in the village of Bassella, Spain May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
Around 46% of hospitals and 43% of schools are in areas at least 2 degrees Celsius warmer than the regional average - fuelling fiercer heatwave impacts than in rural areas, the European Environment Agency said on Wednesday, in an analysis of how Europe can adapt to climate change. "This is something which will have severe consequences for human health," said Blaz Kurnik, head of the EEA's climate adaptation department.and more frequent - a trend that, when combined with urban heat islands, poses risks including increased deaths from heat stress to vulnerable populations like the elderly.
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