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Title: Heat-related deaths up by 68% between 2000-04 and 2017-21: Lancet Report
Source:Business Standard
Date:26 October 2022

Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations the elderly and children less than a year old were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005, according to a global report. The report, brought out by Lancet Countdown, focuses on the health effects of climate change amid the health, social and economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, global energy and cost-of-living crises brought about by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a persistent overdependence on fossil fuels.




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