3°C Global Warming Could Put 80% Of Elderly People At Risk Of Death, Study Warns

Risi g
global
tempe atu es
a e
becomi g
a
i c easi gly
se ious
health
co ce ,
pa ticula ly
fo
olde
adults.
A
ew
study
published
i

The
La cet
Pla eta y
Health
highlights
the
g owi g
da ge
of
ext eme
heat
as
the
pla et
wa ms.
Acco di g
to
the
esea ch,
if
global
tempe atu es
ise
by
a ou d
3°C
o
mo e
above
p e-i dust ial
levels,
millio s
of
elde ly
people
i
South
Asia,
i cludi g
I dia,
could
face
da ge ous
heat
co ditio s
du i g
both
the
day
a d
ight
fo
seve al
mo ths
each
yea .
I dia
is
amo g
the
cou t ies
co side ed
pa ticula ly
vul e able
to
this
g owi g
th eat.

3°C
Tempe atu e
Rise
Could
Put
80%
Of
Elde ly
People
At
Risk

The
study
suggests
that
u de
a
3°C
wa mi g
sce a io,
elde ly
people
i
I dia,
Chi a,
Pakista
a d
Ba gladesh
could
expe ie ce
da ge ous
heat
du i g
both
daytime
a d
ighttime
fo
ea ly
th ee
mo ths
a
yea .
Togethe ,
these
fou
cou t ies
a e
home
to
a ou d
73%
of
the
wo ld’s
elde ly
populatio .
I dia
could
face
a
especially
se ious
situatio .
The
esea ch
i dicates
that
with
a
3°C
tempe atu e
ise,
mo e
tha
half
of
I dia’s
populatio
a d
ove
80%
of
people
aged
ove
60
could
expe ie ce
at
least
180
hou s
of
ext eme
heat
a ually
o
ave age.
Such
p olo ged
exposu e
ca
place
co side able
st ess
o
the
huma
body.

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Delhi
A d
The
I do-Ga getic
Plai
Face
G eate
Heat
Risk

Delhi
a d
the
wide
I do-Ga getic
Plai
have
bee
ide tified
as
pa ticula ly
vul e able
egio s.
Acco di g
to
the
study’s
p ojectio s,
olde
adults
i
these
a eas
could
expe ie ce
1,000
o
mo e
hou s
of
pote tially
da ge ous
heat
each
yea
eve
u de
a
1.5°C
wa mi g
sce a io.
If
global
wa mi g
eaches
3°C,
the
du atio
could
ise
to
mo e
tha
2,000
hou s.
The
heat
would
ot
be
eve ly
dist ibuted
ac oss
the
yea ,
with
the
most
i te se
exposu e
expected
betwee
May
a d
Septembe .

Heat
Could
Co ti ue
Th ough
Both
Day
A d
Night

Acco di g
to
lead
autho
P ofesso
Qi gqi g
Ko g,
wa mi g
of
mo e
tha
3°C
could
expose
olde
adults
to
da ge ous
heat
du i g
both
daytime
a d
ighttime
fo
seve al
co secutive
mo ths.
Such
p olo ged
heat
exposu e
could
put
additio al
p essu e
o
cooli g
systems,
elect icity
etwo ks,
healthca e
se vices
a d
existi g
heat- espo se
p og ammes.
Night-time
tempe atu es
a e
pa ticula ly
impo ta t
because
coole
ights
p ovide
the
body
with
a
oppo tu ity
to
ecove
f om
daytime
heat.

Why
A e
Olde
Adults
Mo e
Vul e able
To
Ext eme
Heat?

Olde
people
ge e ally
have
a
lowe
ability
to
egulate
body
tempe atu e
compa ed
with
you ge
adults.
With
age,
sweati g
ca
become
less
efficie t,
blood
vessels
may
espo d
mo e
slowly
a d
the
ca diovascula
system
ca
face
g eate
st ai
du i g
ext eme
heat.
The
esea che s
assessed
heat
tole a ce
ac oss
diffe e t
age
g oups,
i cludi g
people
aged
15-39,
40-59
a d
those
aged
ove
60.
This
allowed
them
to
estimate
how
heat
exposu e
a d
elated
isks
could
va y
ac oss
age
g oups
u de
diffe e t
wa mi g
sce a ios.

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Asia
Amo g
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Vul e able
Regio s

The
esea ch
highlights
cou t ies
i cludi g
I dia,
Pakista ,
Ba gladesh,
Mya ma
a d
Nige
as
pa ticula ly
vul e able
to
isi g
heat
isks.
High
levels
of
heat
exposu e,
la ge
populatio s
a d
socioeco omic
challe ges
ca
make
it
mo e
difficult
fo
commu ities
to
cope
with
ext eme
tempe atu es.
As
the
global
populatio
ages,
the
impact
of
isi g
tempe atu es
o
olde
adults
is
becomi g
a
i c easi gly
impo ta t
public
health
co ce .
Expe ts
st ess
the
eed
fo
heat-health
systems
that
co side
ot
just
tempe atu e,
but
also
humidity,
du atio
of
exposu e,
age
a d
ighttime
heat.
The
fi di gs
u de li e
the
impo ta ce
of
st o ge
heat-wa i g
systems,
accessible
cooli g
facilities
a d
ta geted
p otectio
fo
vul e able
populatio s
as
global
tempe atu es
co ti ue
to
ise.

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