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Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
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- It warns that from 2018 to 2022, average summer temperatures increased by 0.5°C compared to the 1986–2005 baseline average, with severe implications for public health.
- 1,337 tonnes of carbon dioxide still emitted every second.
- 43% increase in the total number of heatwave days experienced by children under the age of one from 2013-2022 compared to the 1986-2005 period.
- Adults over 65 saw a staggering 216% increase in heatwave days during the same timeframe.
- 191 billion potential labor hours lost in 2022 alone, a 54% increase from 1991-2000.
- This loss was amounted to a potential income loss of US$219 billion in 2022, equivalent to 6.3% of the country's GDP.
- Agricultural workers bore the brunt, experiencing 64% of potential hours lost and 55% of potential income losses.
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