2100: Extreme weather affects two-thirds of Europeans

The prestigious scientific journal The Lancet Planetary Health of France insists that if it continues to destroy the environment today, from 2100, 150,000 people will die every year from the weather every year.

The number of 150,000 deaths per year is huge if it is known that during 1981-2010, only 3,000 people died in Europe each year. Of these, the main reason is hot sun because it causes people to have a stroke, affect the heart and respiratory system.

By 2100, two-thirds of Europe's population will be affected by extreme weather - (Photo: AFP)

The report also shows two-thirds of the European population, or about 350 million people in 31 European countries, face health problems due to climate change.

At that time, European countries will face 7 types of natural disasters, including: heat waves, abnormal cold waves, forest fires, droughts, floods and storms, and many hot and sunny floods.

The most affected area is southern Europe . According to this report, almost all people living in Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia are affected and about 1 million people will die. because of the weather.

In contrast, only one third of the population in northern European countries such as Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden are affected.

Giovanni Florenzi, one of the authors of the study, said: "Climate change is one of the biggest global threats to human health in the 21st century and its threat to society will increased through extreme weather phenomena ".