The “Inferno” of Attica
Equally alarming are the findings from the
The “Inferno” of Attica
Equally alarming are the findings from the third edition of the Lancet Countdown report, recently published, which documents shifts in public health, social cohesion, and the economy linked to the climate crisis across 55 countries in the European region.
The report places nearly all of Greece among the European zones with the greatest increase in heat-related mortality. Across most of the country, more than 120 additional deaths per million inhabitants per year were recorded during the period 2015-2024, compared to the decade 1991-2000. Attica is particularly hard hit. Across most of the region, the figure stands at 100 to 109 additional deaths, forming a geographic arc that wraps around the central part of the prefecture, extending from the southwestern borders with Corinthia northward through the suburbs and continuing into Eastern and Southeastern Attica. The remaining central portion, bounded by the coastal stretch from Megara to Voula and extending northward to the Marousi area, falls into the highest category, with more than 120 deaths.
The picture is equally concerning in Crete. The regional unit of Lasithi falls into the highest mortality category, with more than 120 deaths per million inhabitants, while Chania shows an increase of
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