Global Heat Report: Silent killers are Fuelled by Climate Change
According to experts, between May 2024 and May 2025, four billion people—roughly half of the world’s population—would see at least one more month of intense heat as a result of human-caused climate change. According to the investigation by the Red Cross, Climate Central, and World Weather Attribution, the intense heat led to agricultural losses, sickness, and fatalities as well as straining the electricity and healthcare infrastructures. According to the survey, “heat is arguably the deadliest extreme event, even though floods and cyclones frequently make headlines.”
A large number of heat-related fatalities go unreported or are mistakenly attributed to coexisting illnesses like renal failure or heart disease. Friederike Otto, an associate professor of climate science at Imperial College London and one of the report’s authors, said that heat waves are silent killers.
In a heat wave, individuals don’t die on the street; instead, they pass away in hospitals or in houses with inadequate insulation, where they are invisible. Extreme heat disproportionately affects low-income neighbourhoods and vulnerable groups, including the elderly and those with health issues.
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