Health risks of climate change ‘reach record breaking levels’

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By Emily Beament, PA Media

People in the UK are increasingly exposed to dangerous extreme heat as global health threats of climate change reach record-breaking levels, experts warn.

Around the world in 2023, people were exposed to an average 50 more days of health-threatening temperatures than would be expected without climate change, while extreme drought affected 48% of global land area, the latest Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report said.