A frightening new study has predicted how many people in Europe will die from climate change by the end of the century.

Overall, 5.8 million Europeans will die from excessive heat between 2015 and 2099, scientists predict London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

However, experts warn that their study does not include the effects of destructive weather events caused by climate change, such as fires and tropical storms. Therefore, the real set will be even higher.

While the team admits that rising temperatures will prevent people from dying from the cold, overall, increasing heat deaths will offset the deaths of cold.

OR Barcelona He will “see” the highest number of dead -to -end dead by the end of the century, scientists, followed by Rome, Napa and Madrid.

“Our results emphasize the urgent need for a dynamic attempt to mitigate climate change and adaptation to increased heat“Said lead writer Dr Pierre Masselot.

This is particularly critical in the Mediterranean region, where, if nothing is done, the consequences can be terrible.

“Following a more viable way we could avoid millions of deaths before the end of the century”

The most vulnerable countries

Researchers say that Europe’s most vulnerable regions with most heat deaths will be south, namely the Mediterranean region and the Balkans.

The European city with the highest number of temperature deaths by the end of the century will be Barcelona, ​​with 246,082.

Following is Rome with 147,738 and Naples (147,248), Madrid (129,716), Milan (110,131) and Athens (87,523).

On the other hand, most cities of British Islands and Scandinavian countries, such as London, Copenhagen and Stockholm, will see a “pure reduction” in deaths – which means more people will be “saved” from the cold by those who are killed from the heat.

For example, in London 75,864 people will be killed by the heat, but 103,320 will be saved from the cold, a total pure reduction of 27,455.

“London and the United Kingdom generally tend to have high sensitivity to cold and also lower heat exposure“, Dr. Pierre Masselot told MailOnline.

“In our model, this translates to a slight decrease in deaths in the future climate”

“Following a more viable way we could avoid millions of deaths before the end of the century”