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It's not totally unlike a comet

Business Green

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. And it gets worse.

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'The next decade will determine our future': A business guide to IPCC's atlas of climate impacts and resilience

Business Green

Under the same conditions, people in Africa's tropical regions are projected to lose between three to 41 per cent of their fisheries' yield by the end of the century due to local extinctions of marine fish. These people will be exposed to worsening heat stress, air pollution, water and food supply risks unless action is urgently taken.