 "Global Warming, Climate Change")
More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were exposed to potentially life-threatening heatwaves last year, scientists said Thursday, warning that climate change posed an unprecedented global health risk.
In a worldwide stock-take of public health trends, dozens of international agencies said people over 65, those living in large cities, and sufferers of heart and lung disease were all at heightened risk of death or disability from extreme heat.
The warning came as the United Nations' meteorological body said that the last four years including 2018 were the four warmest on record.
Globally, a total of 153 billion work hours were lost due to
