Mapped: Where in the UK are people most at risk from potentially deadly heatwave?
New analysis shows thousands at risk from heatwave
- New analysis reveals thousands of young children, hospital patients, and elderly people are at risk from the UK's fourth summer heatwave.
- Friends of the Earth identified 4,715 high heat neighbourhoods across England, containing over 10,000 nurseries, nearly 10,000 care homes, and over 1,000 hospitals.
- The UK Health Security Agency has issued heat health warnings for all of England, with amber alerts in place for several regions, as extreme heat could lead to over 5,000 deaths this summer.
- Friends of the Earth is urging the government to take urgent action to protect vulnerable populations, a call supported by 81 per cent of the public in a recent YouGov survey.
- Despite government claims of robust action, its climate adaptation plan has been criticised as inadequate by official advisors and is the subject of a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights.