WHO chief says Europe’s heat wave is putting health at risk

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The World Health Organization has warned that the current heat wave in Europe is posing significant health risks, urging governments to prioritize climate action. The temperature rise is about twice the global average, impacting public health and school operations.

The World Health Organization has urged leaders to prioritize climate action amid this week’s heat wave in Europe. “Europe’s heat wave is closing schools and putting people’s health at risk,” director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on X. “The data are clear: temperatures across Europe are rising at roughly twice the global average … The post WHO chief says Europe’s heat wave is putting health at risk appeared first on Egypt Independent.