High heat can deepen poverty

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 23, 2023 12:06 am

PARIS: Amid record-high temperatures globally, a study Monday revealed that a few days of searing heat can be enough to prevent billions of people already living hand-to-mouth on daily wages from putting food on the table.

A week of extreme temperatures in India, for example, means an additional eight million people will likely experience serious food insecurity, according to findings published in the journal Nature Human Behavior.

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