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Displaying 12 of about 12 results… over the next 30 years, as intensifying levels of heat stress are projected to impede worker productivity and … in the highest risk regions struggle to cope with mounting heat stress, but burgeoning urbanisation and booming demand … adaptation measures are implemented, the company says. Heat stress piles pressure on emerging markets Combining our …
… on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) last Friday. Extreme heat and extreme cold were the subjects of the two winning … it is not surprising that one of the winners focussed on heat waves. 17-year-old Rameshwar Mihir Bhatt from India, won … Ahmedabad which is the first city in India to make a Heat Wave Action Plan to safeguard its citizens from the impacts …
… highlight the urgent need to pay more attention to extreme heat in the African urban context. In Africa, heat is commonly seen as ‘normal’ and the general perception … is vital to ensure this happens. Look out for a heat wave guide for Africa and Asia that the Red Cross Red …
… high mountain and small island regions. There will also be heat stress in cities and air quality will deteriorate due to … fuel use.” The IPCC has high scientific confidence that heat-related morbidity and mortality is already occurring as … that risks will be lower at 1.5°C than at 2°C for heat-related morbidity and mortality, particularly in urban …
… stress moments in agriculture and health due to heat stress and discusses critical moments emerging from … risks and hazards. These risks and hazards may include heat waves, cold spells, floods, droughts, riverbank-erosion, … stress moments in agriculture and health due to heat stress and discusses critical moments emerging from …
… with attributing any weather-related phenomena such as heat waves, forest fires, floods or cyclones to human induced … is the unanticipated rapidity with which we are seeing heat waves and unprecedented wild fires around the world, … our hospitals and doctors seldom diagnose deaths due to heat stress, but rather diagnose them as strokes or heart …
… to 2℃ . We used a model that enabled us to simulate how heat and hydrological extremes might change in Africa under … be limited to 1.5℃ instead of 2℃, the chances of extreme heat events in Africa might be reduced. Specifically, the … considerable paybacks for Africa. In particular, extreme heat events like the ones in 2015 and 2009/2010 might be …
… of countries facing the biggest risks, measured by extreme heat, food losses, and damaged or destroyed vaccines and … of countries facing the biggest risks, measured by extreme heat, food losses, and damaged or destroyed vaccines and …
… problem of predicting how weather extremes such as heat waves and cold snaps might change in a future climate. … problem of predicting how weather extremes such as heat waves and cold snaps might change in a future climate. …
… that by 2050, global work-hour losses for increased heat are expected to be as high as 12% in some regions like … that by 2050, global work-hour losses for increased heat are expected to be as high as 12% in some regions like …
… health is impacted by multiple trends of change, through heat waves, pollution (higher risk of cardiovascular or … health is impacted by multiple trends of change, through heat waves, pollution (higher risk of cardiovascular or …
… of extreme weather events , including droughts and heat waves. This leads to more intensive use of groundwater … to the Mississippi Delta. Climate change also causes heat stress, which will deplete groundwater resources and … of extreme weather events , including droughts and heat waves. This leads to more intensive use of groundwater …