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Displaying 11 of about 11 results… new report examines the impact of climate-driven extreme heat on women’s unpaid domestic labor, paid employment, and … investments, policies, and research. Extreme heat exposes stark gender inequalities Extreme heat affects … Climate change will nearly double the number of heat wave days in India, from fifteen under current climate …
… More than 61,000 people died as a result of searing heat across Europe in the summer of 2022, according to a new … the link between temperature and human mortality to assess heat-related deaths across Europe during the summer of 2022. … The deaths were either direct consequences of the heat or caused by complications to underlying health …
… Arsht-Rock announces co-creation of the new Extreme Heat Income Insurance, a climate resilience tool to replace income lost to climate-driven extreme heat for women in the informal sector Together with more than … protection for the underserved, announced the Extreme Heat Income Insurance, a new, parametric insurance to help …
… was characterised by an intense series of record-breaking heat waves, droughts and forest fires. While Eurostat, the … dates, until now the fraction of mortality attributable to heat had not been quantified. This is precisely what has been … analysis, published in Nature Medicine , estimates 61,672 heat-attributable deaths between 30 May and 4 September 2022. …
… This study aimed to investigate the effects of heat events defined with different intensities and durations … pregnancy, and to determine thresholds for the high-risk heat events. Heat events increase the risk of preterm birth … 9 Wang J, Tong S, Williams G, Pan X. Exposure to heat wave during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: an …
… ‘Getting water in this peak heat is even more difficult, especially when I am forced to … prompting coverage of the dangers posed by extreme heat brought on by the climate crisis. But such heat in other … water, cooling technologies, or any relief from the heat wave,” said Rihana Mansuri, a field researcher for the …
… Pregnancy and heat risk Though the impacts of extreme heat are felt by everyone, some people face greater risk when … and implement legal protections. Increase heat and heat wave emergency preparedness: Policymakers should raise …
… What’s the context? Rising heat fuelled by climate change will hit women harder than men … health, report warns Women face double burden from rising heat, study warns Poor and marginalised expected to suffer … as a major concern Women will bear the brunt of extreme heat as more frequent heatwaves on a warming planet pose a …
… living in slums across India are suffering from extreme heat , which is expected to worsen as temperatures continue … India 100 times more likely . [....] The stifling heat is having a detrimental impact on women's health and … providing an simple solution that keeps the worst of the heat from penetrating buildings and lowers indoor …
… makes pregnant women particularly vulnerable to extreme heat? Many women in Africa have little or no protection against extreme heat events, with pregnancy being an particularly vulnerable … of the maternal thermoregulatory mechanisms to dissipate heat in pregnancy. Foetal metabolism generates considerable …
… change means we’re in for more frequent and intense heat events into the future. We know extreme heat can pose health risks , especially for vulnerable … violence increased with warmer weather. But the effect of heat was greater on domestic violence than other types of …