[Rerelease] David, Sara, Ed and author Jeff Goodell discuss the impacts of heat on humans, the topic of Jeff’s new book. From heat-wave deaths, to reduced ability to learn, to the economic effects, who will suffer the most, and what does it mean for the politics of the energy transition?
EPISODE NOTES
B.C. heat wave leads to 11-hour ambulance wait time, spike in sudden deaths
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson review
The Water will come: Rising Seas, sinking cities and the remaking of the civilized world
Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study
One extra day > 32C in first trimester --> 50$ less income at age 30.
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
Hot Temperature and High Stakes Exams: Evidence from New York City Public Schools
Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’
Death toll exceeded 70,000 in Europe during the summer of 2003
The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
At COP26, 100000 march for climate justice
Mortality during the catastrophic 2021 heat dome
Sebastian Perez Did Not Have to Die
OSHA - Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Rulemaking
The health costs of climate change from CICC
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