Climate change and heat exposure reduce Indian labor force by 7%

Climate change is making more and more people vulnerable to exposure to heat and air pollution, resulting in premature lakhs. The researchers said in an badysis published in the medical journal The Lancet

that ambient air pollution by coal-fired power plants resulted in 107,000 premature deaths in India, according to the study. 19659004] Young people and the elderly living near such plants were considered equally vulnerable.

The Lancet Countdown 2018 study places India among the countries that have suffered high social and economic costs related to climate change, especially carbon.

Professor Hugh Montgomery, co-author of the study, said, "We need to determine where this electricity comes from – burning fossil fuels and needing to shut down."

The report explains that the Climate change not only triggers natural disasters, it also affects the health and well-being of millions of people in many countries around the world.

Climate change breeds health. problems such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, mental illnesses, in addition to promoting the spread of vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever and malaria

Climate change and exposure to heat hard hit the country's labor force. The study indicates that India is losing 7% of its labor force because of its exposure to heat and that the impact is mainly felt in the labor-intensive agriculture sector, the main pillar of the Indian economy.

India has registered 40 million new cases of heat exposure 2016 compared to 2012. In the agricultural sector, lost work hours have gone from 40,000 million. hours in 2000 to 60,000 million hours in 2017. The badysis shows that 75,000 million working hours were lost in 2017, compared to 43,000 in 2000 due to exposure to heating.

Worldwide, 153 billion hours of work were lost due to heat exposure, an increase of 62 billion hours compared to 2000

The report also states that the already vulnerable areas of India and Southeast Asia Dr. Nick Watts, of the Institute for Global Health at University College London, said another co-author of the study: "India is one of the most vulnerable countries the places and regions are undergoing at least half of the exposure to extreme heat and the authorities must take charge of this growing concern. "

In 2017, 157 million vulnerable people were exposed to heatwaves worldwide and 153 billion hours of work were lost under the rule of thumb. effect of heat. exposure.