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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India more vulnerable to heat extremes: Lancet report

India more vulnerable to heat extremes: Lancet report

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published Published on Oct 21, 2021   modified Modified on Oct 21, 2021

-The Hindu

The ‘Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’ notes that 295 billion hours of potential work were lost across the globe in 2020 due to heat exposure.

India has become 15% more vulnerable to extremes of heat than in 1990, according to ‘the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’, a flagship report of the medical journal The Lancet that provides periodic updates on the scientific literature on the relationship between climate change and public health.

In 2020, the elderly (over 65) were affected by 3.1 billion more days of heatwave exposure, compared to the 1986-2005 baseline average. Chinese, Indian, American, Japanese and Indonesian senior citizens were the most affected.

The report noted that 295 billion hours of potential work were lost across the globe in 2020 due to heat exposure. The three most populous countries in the medium-HDI (Human Development Index) group (Pakistan, Bangladesh and India) had the greatest losses among this group (2.5-3 times the world average and the equivalent to 216-261 hours lost per employed person in 2020).

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The Hindu, 21 October, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-more-vulnerable-to-heat-extremities-lancet-report/article37097804.ece?homepage=true


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