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1.2 billion people threatened by escalating heat due to climate change

 Rolling out cooling technologies to the 1.2 billion people most at risk
from extreme heat incidents should be a global priority, according to the
global Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) campaign.

In a new report, titled Chilling Prospects, SEforALL reveals the escalating threat
communities are facing from extreme heatwaves and warns that the world is
entering a decisive decade when sustainable cooling solutions must be
deployed at pace if increasingly common heatwaves are not to have
catastrophic and deadly consequences.

The report assesses 76 countries with
cooling access challenges and found that, globally, 1.2 billion people do
not have adequate access to cooling, threatening their ability to survive
extreme heat, store nutritious food, or secure access to safe vaccines.

 Business Green 17th May 2022

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4049761/extreme-heat-emergency-billion-people-facing-heat-risks-improved-access-cooling

May 19, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change, health