Heat-related deaths up by 68% between 2000-04 and 2017-21: Study
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days last year than annually in 1986-2005, according to a Lancet report. The study that focused on health effects of climate change amid Covid pandemic, global energy and…