# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZiDPXtDLiD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66728563-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-13T16:02:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

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More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization said, after a heatwave saw some countries record their highest-ever May temperatures.⁣
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"The impacts of climate change are a clear and present danger, and its most immediate and lethal manifestation is extreme heat," said Hans Henri Kluge, the WHO's Europe director.⁣
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"Heat is a silent killer, but it is not an inevitable one," Kluge said at an event in Berlin to launch new guidelines on protecting lives from extreme heat.⁣
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Extreme heat affects especially the very old and the very young and people with heart, kidney and other diseases by causing dehydration, heatstroke and exacerbating existing conditions. ⁣
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Read more on CGTN Europe website. ⁣
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#WHO #wildfires #heat #climatechange

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climatechange, wildfires, who, heat

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