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(Bloomberg) – According to a report highlighting the economic risks of climate change, a warming planet is weighing on the health and productivity of the workers.
As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increases, workers face rising risk of heatstroke, dehydration, renal disruptions and other effects, found in joint studies joint by the World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization.
According to WMO, the last year was the hottest on the record, and the daytime temperatures of 40C (104F) and even 50C are becoming more normal. The heat, in turn, is curbing the productivity of the workers, which falls from 2% to 3% for every degree above 20 C, found in research.
“The safety of workers due to excessive heat is not only a health mandatory, but an economic need,” said WMO Deputy General Secretary KO Barrett.
Threats are not limited to countries close to the equator. According to the report, about half of the global population now suffers from adverse consequences of global warming, which are doing manual labor outdoor in industries such as construction, agriculture and fisheries.
Central Europe is twice as fast as Southeast Asia, Chief Editor of Report, Andreas Floris, twice as fast as Bloomberg News. The scientist said that in his home country Greece, when the temperature rises to about 39C, the workers lose about half of their productivity, which means that employers will have to pay for two innings to achieve the production of one.
Floris said that employees work more slowly and make more mistakes when working at high temperatures. While the negative effects of heat on health, society and economy are well established, this research suggests that the risk are only increasing.
A report by the Atlantic Council in 2021 found that the US could lose an average of $ 100 billion annually “heat-inspired Lost Labor Productivity”.
The solutions proposed by the WHO and WMO change the working hours to limit the lunch’s contact in the solutions. It has already been proposed by the British Security Council, who told the employers to “give the employees a chance to come first or later” during the UK heat waves in this summer.
Floris said that he would not be surprised to see the Siesta culture-resting through the heat of the-Popiles-is not moving in the cooler parts of the Europe.
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