By 2050, over 5 billion people could face at least a month of extreme heat each year. See the risk level in your city.
The number of outdoor workers in a country is estimated based on a list of “high-risk” sectors shared by heat and labor researcher Shouro Dasgupta.
Projections for gross domestic product were sourced from the International Monetary Fund and extrapolated to 2030 using a geometric average of 2023-2027 growth rates. GDP numbers are given in purchasing power parities.Solar radiation is measured in watts per square meter.The Washington Post and CarbonPlan calculated an approximate form of the wet-bulb globe temperature from future climate projections.
The projections were further refined using a historical data set of extreme heat called UHE-Daily, which captures temperature variations between urban areas and less built-up regions.
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