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🇫🇷 France · adaptation failure
In France, the heat is not the scandal.
Refusing air conditioning is.
2,451 people died of heat in France in summer 2024 (ISGlobal). About 25% of homes here have air conditioning, against ~90% in the United States.
Heat deaths in France, summer 2026
1,175
Public data · ISGlobal, Nature Medicine 2025
Economic loss in France, summer 2026
€2,713,287,705
Public data · European Parliament, Allianz Trade
In the 0 seconds you have been on this tab, in France:
0.00
heat deaths
€0
economic output lost
None of it was inevitable.
Summer 2026, live. Projected this summer: ~5,194. 2025 5,323 · 2024 2,451 (ISGlobal).
Today in Paris:
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2,451
heat deaths, summer 2024 (ISGlobal)
25%
of homes with air conditioning (vs ~90% US)
$240B
projected GDP loss 2026 to 2030 (Allianz Trade)
The fix France won't buy: air conditioning.
Household air-conditioning adoption · IEA / WRI.
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 assumptions detailed there too.
Full method on the methodology page.