Heatwaves are predicted to 'exceed human physiological and social limits' in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia 🔥 Africa ClimateChange
Heatwaves are predicted to"exceed human physiological and social limits" in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia, with extreme events triggering"large-scale suffering and loss of life", the organisations said.
They said aggressive steps needed to be taken immediately to avert potentially recurrent heat disasters, listing steps that could mitigate the worst effects of extreme heat. "On current trajectories, heatwaves could meet and exceed these physiological and social limits in the coming decades, including in regions such as the Sahel and south and southwest Asia."
"Projected future death rates from extreme heat are staggeringly high -- comparable in magnitude by the end of the century to all cancers or all infectious diseases -- and staggeringly unequal," the report said. "Nowhere is the impact more brutally felt than in countries already reeling from hunger, conflict and poverty."
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