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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least 1,500 deaths in Britain can be directly linked to climate change since 2000, as the country grappled with severe heatwaves, while four major floods caused billions in financial losses, Oxford University scientists said on Tuesday.
In a study, they analysed existing data from two deadly heatwaves in 2003 and 2018, as well as four floods between 2000 and 2016 that cost about an estimated $18 billion in losses.
They found that at least half of the total damages and deaths that occurred could be attributed to climate change.
Friederike Otto, acting director of Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute and one of the study’s authors, said far more data needed to be collected and analysed worldwide for the true consequences of climate change to be understood.
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March 02, 2021 11:16 IST
About 5.2 million homes and other properties in England are at risk of flooding, according to Britain’s Environment Agency
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About 5.2 million homes and other properties in England are at risk of flooding, according to Britain’s Environment Agency At least 1,500 deaths in Britain can be directly linked to climate change since 2000, as the country grappled with severe heatwaves, while four major floods caused billions in financial losses, Oxford University scientists said on Tuesday.
In a study, they analysed existing data from two deadly heatwaves in 2003 and 2018, as well as four floods between 2000 and 2016 that cost about an estimated $18 billion in losses.
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