After record-breaking heat, UN issues ‘call to action’
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Global temperatures are shattering records this week. And the United Nations is making an urgent “call to action” on extreme heat that’s killing workers and putting more people at risk with climate change.
The first three days of this week have been the hottest on record for the planet, according to preliminary data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. And it’s now looking likely that 2024 could beat last year to become the hottest year on record. Against that backdrop, United Nations (UN) agencies released a new global analysis of heat stress on workers today, along with a roadmap for how to protect the most vulnerable.
“Let’s face facts: extreme temperatures are no longer a one-day, one-week, or one-month…