Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warns

Humanity is suffering an “extreme heat epidemic,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday, calling for action to limit the impacts of heat waves intensified by climate change. “Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic — wilting under increasingly deadly heat waves, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius around the world,” he said. […]

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