Protection from occupational heat stress amid rising global temperatures

Protection from occupational heat stress amid rising global temperatures Prof Luana Main emphasises that as extreme heat events become more frequent due to rising global temperatures, immediate action is essential to protect workers through evidence-based and context-specific risk mitigation strategies and solutions. Climate change and the associated increases in the frequency and severity of extreme heat events have rapidly become one of the most significant challenges facing humanity’s health. Fuelled by rising global temperatures, occupational heat stress will pose a critical threat to the health and safety of workers worldwide, with projected estimations suggesting a 12- to 18-fold increase in global heat wave exposures by 2050. (1)