Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace

Abstract

Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with high concentrations of outdoor labour and industrial and service sector workers operating in ineffectively climate controlled conditions. Its consequences imply effects for a majority of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including poverty (SDG1) and hunger (2), health (3), education (4), gender (5) and income inequalities (10), good jobs and growth (8), and sustainable cities and communities (11).

Resource Type

Report

Author

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Resource URL

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/climate-and-disaster-resilience-/tackling-challenges-of-climate-change-and-workplace-heat-for-dev.html

Institution

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Organization Type

Other gov

Health and Human Impact

Occupational health

Climate and Environmental Impact

Heat

Solutions

Climate adaptation/resilience Climate mitigation/GHG reduction

Other

Social determinants of health

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