Advanced climate models used to estimate temperature-related suicide patterns by 2050

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Researchers from an international team, including the University of Tokyo, applied advanced climate models to estimate temperature-related suicide risks globally by the 2050s. The study analyzed data from 751 locations across 26 countries under varying climate change scenarios.

A large international team, including researchers from the University of Tokyo, wanted to know whether and how climate change might increase the number of temperature-related suicides around the world. Previous studies have shown that hotter weather is often linked to a higher risk of suicide, but the present study, published in Nature Mental Health, combined data from an unprecedented 751 locations in 26 countries and used advanced climate models to estimate how the number of temperature-related suicides might change by the 2050s under different climate change scenarios.