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Countdown on Health and Climate Change
November 21 , 2023
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- The new global projections are part of the 8th annual report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
- If temperatures rise by 2°C (over pre-industrial levels) by the end of the century then yearly heat-related deaths are projected to increase 370% by mid-century.
- India suffered a $219-billion potential association income loss due to exposure to high temperatures.
- Also, 191 billion potential labour hours were lost due to heat exposure in 2022, a jump of 54 per cent from 1991-2000.
- Agricultural workers were hit the hardest, seeing 64 per cent of the potential hours lost and 5.5 per cent of the potential income losses in 2022.
- Globally, heat-related deaths of people older than 65 have increased by 85 per cent since the 1990s.
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