A late June heat spike coincided with a sharp rise in deaths in Belgium. New data reveal striking regional and socioeconomic patterns.<\/p>\n
In Belgium, at the end of June during a heatwave, the highest excess mortality rate in Europe was recorded.<\/p>\n
According to Sciensano, during the heat peak in the country, about 2,000 additional deaths were recorded, corresponding to an excess of 48%.<\/p>\n
This figure markedly exceeded neighboring countries: in France, excess mortality was 23%, in the Netherlands 13%, despite similar temperatures.<\/p>\n
Belgium: about 2,000 additional deaths; excess mortality of 48%.
\nFrance: excess mortality of about 23%.
\nNetherlands: excess mortality of about 13%.<\/p>\n
However, when comparing Belgian data with the northern part of France, excess mortality was similar on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n
Belgium also has a higher average urban density compared with France, which reduces opportunities for natural cooling of the urban environment and amplifies the impact of heat on residents.<\/p>\n
It is noted that those living in lower-income regions were most affected by extreme heat.<\/p>\n
Context of regional impacts and conclusions<\/p>\n
This situation highlights the need for a deeper analysis of how heat affects different population groups and for identifying priority adaptation measures to climate change in the future.<\/p>\n
Experts emphasize the importance of systemic solutions to cool urban environments and protect the most vulnerable categories of citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A late June heat spike coincided with a sharp rise in deaths in Belgium. New data reveal striking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,16706,16705,16707,16708,144,16709,16710],"class_list":["post-30568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-belgium-heat-wave","tag-belgium-heat-wave-excess-mortality-sciensano-report-urban-heat-islands-climate-adaptation","tag-climate-adaptation","tag-excess-mortality","tag-news","tag-sciensano-report","tag-urban-heat-islands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116995200540849849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}