“In the past 20 years, heat-related mortality among people older than 65 years has increased by more than 50 per cent,” it read.
These effects, which hit those most vulnerable like minorities, children and poorer communities hardest, are just the beginning, it warned. “Despite the world’s necessary preoccupation with Covid-19, we cannot wait for the pandemic to pass to rapidly reduce emissions.”
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