Western European children's 2026 heat exposure

Co wiedzieliśmy na początku

• Two-thirds of Western European children were exposed to extreme temperatures in the first six-and-a-half months of 2026.
• That rate was about three times the figure for all of 2025 and higher than any full year since 2003.
• In the UK, 75% of children were affected and in Wales 84%, with the six-month UK total exceeding any year since 1995.

Wtedy jeszcze otwarte

• No exact report title, publication date, or full verbatim warning text beyond the Angeltveit line is available in the sources.
• No detailed breakdown of resulting illness, school disruption, or longer-term effects is established in the sources.

Na co mieliśmy zwracać uwagę

• Whether the rest of 2026 extends exposure further beyond the first-half record.
• Whether health systems, schools and local authorities adopt heat protections built for children.