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Climate For Billions Could Become Unliveable.

Posted on 22nd June 2023

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While the headline of this report on EcoWatch is a little misleading, it is nonetheless worrying news.

A study by the University of Exeter has calculated that the climate for billions of people (so, a very significant portion of the human population) will move outside of the “human climate niche”, which is defined in terms of temperature, due to climate change. Already, 9% of the world population are living outside of this climate niche.

The impacts will be huge, and include:

  • Increased death rates due to temperature stress and reduced life expectancy;
  • More sickness and reduced quality of life for the billions of people living in at-risk areas;
  • Decreased productivity, with impacts for the finances of both the individual people and their governments;
  • Increased migration to more hospitable climates.

The worst affected places will be India and parts of Africa, but will also include South East Asia, The Middle East, Central America, some Pacific Islands, and even Australia.