Climate change will lead to a fivefold increase in heat-related deaths by mid-century
Kyiv • UNN
Heat-related deaths are expected to increase fivefold by 2050, and millions of people will face food insecurity and the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases due to climate change
In the coming decades, heat-related deaths due to heat will increase almost fivefold, reports UNN citing a study published by the The Lancet Countdown.
Researchers warn that more frequent droughts will put millions of people at risk of starvation, mosquitoes will spread farther than ever before and carry infectious diseases, and health care systems will struggle to cope with this burden, the researchers warned.
According to a study in the Lancet Countdown, last year people around the world were exposed to life-threatening temperatures for an average of 86 days. According to its data, about 60 percent of those days were more than twice as likely due to climate change.
The number of people over 65 years old, who died from heat waves rose 85 percent from 1991-2000 to 2013-2022.
If warming continues at the current rate, by 2050, annual heat-related deaths will increase by 370 percent. This represents a 4.7-fold increase.
By mid-century, it's projected that by mid-century. about 520 million more people will be moderately or severely food insecure. of food.
And infectious diseases, carried by mosquitoes will continue to spread to new areas. new areas. According to the study, dengue transmission would increase by 36 percent in a 2°C warming scenario.
