Outdoor laborers lost billions of hours to global warming: Study

They found that between 2001 and 2020, exposure to high humidity and heat was linked to approximately 677 billion lost working hours a year in heavy outdoor labor. The research found that India currently loses around 259 billion hours annually due to the impacts of humid heat on labor, while China loses 72 billion hours and Bangladesh loses 32 billion hours. Warming ‘magnifies impacts’Over the last four decades, as global temperatures have risen, the study found heat-related labor losses have increased by at least 9%. Parsons said other hot and humid regions such as the southeastern United States could also be experiencing “significant” labor losses as well. Research published last year in the journal Nature Climate Change suggested 100,000 heat-related deaths per year were caused by climate change.