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The ILO estimates that over 2.4 billion workers — more than 70% of the global workforce — are likely to face excessive heat at some point as part of their jobs, according to the most recent figures available, in 2020. That’s up from over 65% in 2000. The Geneva-based body cited the growing link between climate change and fallout for human health, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory troubles, and mental health.
The U.N. labor organization warned that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides, and other hazards that could lead to health problems, including cancer.
The International Labor Organization said one of its fundamental goals is to help ensure workplace health and safety and suggests in a new report ways that governments can improve their legislation and help cope with the rising effects of climate change on workers.
The ILO estimates that over 2.4 billion workers — more than 70% of the global workforce — are likely to face excessive heat at some point as part of their jobs, according to the most recent figures available, in 2020. That’s up from over 65% in 2000. The Geneva-based body cited the growing link between climate change and fallout for human health, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory troubles, and mental health.
It estimates, for example, that 1.6 billion workers are exposed to ultraviolet radiation as part of their jobs, citing nearly 19,000 deaths a year from non-melanoma skin cancer, and ailments as diverse as sunburn, skin blistering and eye damage, cataracts, and retina trouble like macular degeneration.
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U.N. agencies and environmental activists have increasingly sought to highlight the link between climate change and human health. Planet Earth tallied a 10th straight month of record monthly temperatures in March, according to the European Union’s climate agency.
