Climate change raising heat risks for workers; experts press workplace changes
DOHA, Qatar – Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told.
There is no international standard for temperatures for outdoor working, but climate change has forced new scrutiny. Extreme heat and sun radiation unleash heatstroke and kidney, heart and lung diseases, and raise cancer rates, according to researchers. Taiwanese researchers warned in a 2020 study that kidney disease from extreme heat “may represent one of the first epidemics due to global warming”.According to ILO forecasts, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will suffer most from lost working hours due to extreme heat in coming years.
“They have no cover and they are stood in salt all day long,” she said. In the summer months, about 80 per cent suffer some kind of heat illness.
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