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Previous health impact assessments of temperature-related mortality in Europe indicated that the mortality burden attributable to cold is much larger than for heat. Questions remain as to whether climate change can result in a net decrease in temperature-related mortality. In this study, we estimated how climate change could affect future heat-related and cold-related mortality in 854 European urban areas, under several climate, demographic and adaptation scenarios. We showed that, with no adaptation to heat, the increase in heat-related deaths consistently exceeds any decrease in cold-related deaths across all considered scenarios in Europe. Under the lowest mitigation and adaptation scenario (SSP3-7.0), we estimate a net death burden due to climate change increasing by 49.9% and cumulating 2,345,410 (95% confidence interval = 327,603 to 4,775,853) climate change-related deaths between 2015 and 2099. This net effect would remain positive even under high adaptation scenarios, whereby a risk attenuation of 50%

Emerging infectious diseases, biodiversity loss, and anthropogenic environmental change are interconnected crises with massive social and ecological costs. In this Review, we discuss how pathogens and parasites are responding to global change, and the implications for pandemic prevention and biodiversity conservation. Ecological and evolutionary principles help to explain why both pandemics and wildlife die-offs are becoming more common; why land-use change and biodiversity loss are often followed by an increase in zoonotic and vector-borne diseases; and why some species, such as bats, host so many emerging pathogens. To prevent the next pandemic, scientists should focus on monitoring and limiting the spread of a handful of high-risk viruses, especially at key interfaces such as farms and live-animal markets. But to address the much broader set of infectious disease risks associated with the Anthropocene, decision-makers will need to develop comprehensive strategies that include pathogen surveillance across s

Evidence shows a continuing increase in the frequency and severity of global heatwaves1,2, raising concerns about the future impacts of climate change and the associated socioeconomic costs3,4. Here we develop a disaster footprint analytical framework by integrating climate, epidemiological and hybrid input–output and computable general equilibrium global trade models to estimate the midcentury socioeconomic impacts of heat stress. We consider health costs related to heat exposure, the value of heat-induced labour productivity loss and indirect losses due to economic disruptions cascading through supply chains. Here we show that the global annual incremental gross domestic product loss increases exponentially from 0.03 ± 0.01 (SSP 245)–0.05 ± 0.03 (SSP 585) percentage points during 2030–2040 to 0.05 ± 0.01–0.15 ± 0.04 percentage points during 2050–2060. By 2060, the expected global economic losses reach a total of 0.6–4.6% with losses attributed to health loss (37–45%), labour productivity loss (18–37%) and i

Les nouvelles techniques d'édition du génome sont en discussion au parlement européen. En jeu : la diversité de l'agriculture de demain.

Le débat sur les nouveaux OGM est biaisé par les lobbies qui défendent toute une série d’intérêts économiques. A la faveur de sa présidence européenne, la Belgique doit se positionner dans ce dossier en facilitant l’élaboration d’une politique européenne qui donne la priorité à l’équité, à l’autonomie des agriculteur.e.s, à la santé publique et à l’environnement.

The CEO of one of Infosys' other major clients, Shell, also joined Rishi Sunak's new business council two weeks ago.

L'assemblée générale d'actionnaires de Barclays, qui se tient mercredi à Londres, a à son tour été perturbée par des militants écologistes, après celles de BP ou TotalEnergies. D'après un communiqué de l'ONG Fossil Free London, une trentaine de militants originaires de plusieurs associations écologistes ont "infiltré l'AG du plus gros financier européen de carburants fossiles", la perturbant à de nombreuses reprises.

De populaties van wilde dieren zijn tussen 1970 en 2018 met gemiddeld 69 procent achteruitgegaan. Dat blijkt uit een omvangrijk rapport door het Wereldnatuurfonds en de Zoological Society of London.

Opérations repoussées, patients transférés dans d’autres établissements… La canicule enraye le fonctionnement de certains centres de soins britanniques. La presse se fait l’écho de la réorganisation nécessaire face au changement climatique.

Two of the UK’s leading hospitals have had to cancel operations, postpone appointments and divert seriously ill patients to other centres for the past three weeks after their computers crashed at the height of last month’s heatwave.

A new Imperial analysis has found that biogas and biomethane, while more climate friendly, leak up to twice as much methane as previously thought. Although biogas and biomethane remain climate-friendlier than non-renewable alternatives, the researchers call for better monitoring and fixing of leaks to ensure biogas and biomethane continue to live up to their green credentials.

Le monde numérique se prétend « dématérialisé » mais consommerait 10% de l’électricité produite sur la planète et dégagerait 4% des émissions de CO2, soit près du double du secteur aérien civil.Guillaume Pitron, a découvert que le cloud, loin d’être virtuel, s’annonce surtout celui de bien des pollutions. Avec ses multiples interfaces, son réseau gigantesque et ses besoins de stockage astronomique, quel est le véritable impact écologique de l’industrie numérique ?

Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked one of Covent Garden’s busiest junctions on the first day of the group’s latest wave of protests targeting London.

A team of experts led by University College London researchers created a mathematical model for car use within a city, which has demonstrated that cities of the future must become fully car-free in order to remain liveable.

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