Europe heat causes 35000+ deaths; Tunisia remains cool

During the summer of 2026, Europe experienced record-breaking heatwaves that resulted in over 35,000 additional deaths. Germany recorded approximately 15,800 fatalities, France more than 7,300, Spain around 4,500, and the United Kingdom about 2,700, reflecting the health challenges caused by rising temperatures. Conversely, official reports in Tunisia have been limited to mentions of deaths and injuries due to heatwaves, with the continued absence of reliable official statistics from the Ministry of Health, despite temperatures approaching 50 degrees Celsius. Human rights and medical organizations have called for declaring a health and humanitarian emergency and improving the management of health information to assess the scope of the danger and put pressure on healthcare institutions. In the absence of detailed official figures on heat-related deaths and injuries, appeals have been made for humanitarian and climate leniency for prisoners. Concerns are also increasing over the impacts of high temperatures on public health in Tunisia.

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