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Rising heat stress could cost 80m jobs by 2030: UN


July 2, 2019

LONDON: Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with poor countries worst hit, the United Nations said on Monday, as Europe sweltered in record temperatures. A temperature rise of 1.5C by the end of century could lead to a 2.2 percent drop in working hours — equal to 80 million …

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