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"Right now, an unusual April and May heatwave is scorching large parts of
India.
Temperatures have exceeded 46°C across the northwest and centre, schools are
closed, hospitals have set up dedicated heatstroke units and the government has
issued heat warnings.
We tend to think of heatwaves as a health crisis – almost 490,000 people die
from heat globally each year. But this doesn’t account for the destructive
effects of extreme heat on the everyday lives of women in ways that don’t show
up in mortality statistics.
Our research review, which looks at examples across Oceania, Africa and Asia
finds that the people who are forced to adapt to the greatest extent are the
ones that climate policies ignore the most."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
