Around 123 people per 100,000 in the Middle East and North Africa will die per year from heat-related causes by the end of this century, says a study. – AFP pic, April 4, 2023.
MEETING world targets to limit climate change would avert hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa, scientists said today, urging the region to adapt better. A modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal found slashing carbon emissions to limit the rise in Earth’s average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius would reduce heat-related deaths in the region by 80% compared to a high-emissions scenario.
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