While climate-related mitigation efforts will necessitate concerted action over time, workers are being injured and dying now, and therefore heat stress preventative measures should be implemented as a matter of urgency, the report found.
Over 26 million people globally suffer from chronic kidney disease tied to occupational heat stress, and the vast majority of excessive heat exposure and heat-related injuries occur outside of a heatwave, the report said.
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