Increase in climate change-related heat stress predicted to bring productivity loss equivalent to 80 million jobs. | SMN News

GENEVA (ILO News):— An increase in heat stress resulting from global warming is projected to lead to global productivity losses equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs in the year 2030, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Projections based on a global temperature rise of 1.5°C by the end of this century suggest that in 2030, 2.2 percent of total working hours worldwide will be lost because of higher temperatures, a loss equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs. This is equivalent to global economic losses of US$2,400 billion.

Moreover, the report cautions this is a conservative estimate

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