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Episode 60: Rising heat, rising costs: The health and economic impacts of a warming world
Extreme heat is a direct and escalating threat to human health, livelihoods and economic stability. Since the Paris Agreement entered into force, climate-driven heat has already caused 3 million deaths worldwide, and in 2025 alone an estimated 573 billion potential work hours were lost to heat exposure, with agricultural workers bearing 40% of that global toll.
In this episode hosts Josephine Collier and Alexandra Steinkraus (adelphi) speak with Marina Romanello, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown and Associate Professor at University College London, and Mathilde Wilkens, a Consultant…
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