Two billion people face exposure to ‘dangerous heat’ by 2100, study finds
The number of people exposed to dangerously hot temperatures will increase from around 60 million today to two billion by 2100 under current climate policies, a new study has found.
This would represent 22% of the projected end-of-century population living with "dangerous" average temperatures of 29°C or higher. However, limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levelContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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