BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change

BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change

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Sede Building 1, 1st floor Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country. 48940 Leioa (Spain)

Antarctica / Arctic, climate change, natural sciences, climate, artificial intelligence
Contact
Amelia Ochoa Escala
Head of communication
amelia.ochoa@bc3research.org

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Research proffesor at Ikerbasque, the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

Head of International Relations at the Spanish Society of Public Health and Healthcare Administration (SESPAS), organiser of the 2026 European Public Health Conference (EUPHA), Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and professor and researcher at the universities of Alcalá and Johns Hopkins

Scientific Director of the BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change

Head of the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and expert in urban climate governance

Researcher at BC3 (Basque Center for Climate Change).

Ikerbasque Research Fellow at the Basque Centre for Climate Change

Ikerbasque research professor at the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain and research associate at BC3. His research interests include ecology, evolution, conservation biology and biogeography. He is currently leading a research group in molecular ecology

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British researchers have analysed the extent to which various types of extreme weather events are attributable to climate change. In the case of heatwaves, they find an unequivocal link. They estimate that the 35 worldwide between 2000 and 2020 have caused at least 157,000 deaths and warn that it is very likely that the impact of this phenomenon is being underestimated.