Researchers predict that climate change will likely cause a sharp rise in heat-related mortality throughout Europe by the end of this century.

The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and the Balkans are identified as the most vulnerable areas to the increase in deaths due to heat.

Climate change will likely result in a significant rise in deaths from heat across Europe, substantially surpassing any decrease in cold-related deaths. This trend persists across climate change scenarios and even under high adaptation to heat,

Researchers say higher temperatures will result in some 2.3 million extra deaths by 2099 across European cities. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Extreme heat could kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe unless countries get better at cutting emissions.

There's a net increase in temperature-related deaths even in the most optimistic scenarios, according to the study's lead author.