Climate Change Hazards Threaten the Health of the Majority of the Global Workforce
by One Green Planet
One Green Planet— The report underlines the urgent need for incorporating occupational safety and health considerations into climate response strategies.
Bloomberg—Climate Change-Linked Health Hazards Hits 2.4 Billion Workers. More than 2.4 billion workers — or 70% of the global workforce — are exposed to climate change-related health hazards, according to the...
Barron's—'Staggering' Number Of Workers Facing Climate Change-induced Health Hazards: UN. A large majority of workers worldwide are facing a cocktail of health hazards linked to climate change, the UN said Monday, warning that existing regulations were not equipped to offer adequate protection.
NBC News—Climate change threatens the coastal Gullah Geechee. Marquetta Goodwine is used to educating others about her people, the Gullah Geechee, and their traditions, art and history. The Gullah Geechee are descendants of enslaved people who live in coastal U.S. communities along the Southeast. Isolation has allowed them to maintain their distinct way of life, including their language, cuisine, spiritual practices and craft traditions like basket weaving. “That allowed our Africanisms, as others call it, to continue to evolve here in this land but to...