Climate Crisis Data: 35,000 Heat Deaths in Europe and 14% Crop Yield Drop

An independent scientific study published in the journal Global Change Biology, and reported on 19 August by the London newspaper The Guardian, attributes 35,000 deaths in Europe to four extreme heatwaves during the summer. The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the scientific advisory body of the European Commission, separately reported that record temperatures and drought caused a collapse in summer agricultural harvests, with yield estimates reduced by 14% below the five-year average. According to data released by Rete Clima, heatwaves in July and August burned 650,000 hectares of land in Europe, more than double the summer seasonal average for the period 2006-2025. The European Environment Agency further reported that between 1980 and 202, a period whose full figures were cited in the article. The piece, titled "Il clima del biocapitalismo," was written by Costantino Cossu and Anita Romanello and published on Monday, 5 October 2026 at 03:10 on the platform Doppiozero. It frames these climate statistics as alarming and links them to the concept of biocapitalism.