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In United Kingdom, the heat is not the scandal.
The refusal to adapt is.
1,311 people died of heat in United Kingdom in summer 2024 (ISGlobal). About 3% of homes here have air conditioning, against ~90% in the United States.
Heat deaths in United Kingdom, summer 2026
295
Public data · ISGlobal, Nature Medicine 2025
Economic loss in United Kingdom, summer 2026
€3,144,575,853
Public data · European Parliament, Allianz Trade
In the 0 seconds you have been on this tab, in United Kingdom:
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heat deaths
€0
economic output lost
None of it was inevitable.
Summer 2026, live. Projected this summer: ~2,364. 2025 2,493 (modeled) · 2024 1,311 (UKHSA proxy).
Today in London:
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1,311
heat deaths, summer 2024 (ISGlobal)
3%
of homes with air conditioning (vs ~90% US)
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projected GDP loss 2026 to 2030 (Allianz Trade)
The cold fix United Kingdom won't buy.
Household air-conditioning adoption · IEA / WRI. The fix costs about €300.
Built on public data: population, deaths, GDP, AC adoption and the
minimum-mortality temperature come from Eurostat, ISGlobal, IEA/ISTAT/ADEME and the MCC network.
The heat-exposed labour share and per-country calibration are modeled assumptions.
The UK sat outside the 32-country ISGlobal study, so its 2024 death figure uses a UKHSA England-only proxy.
Full method on the methodology page.