{"id":87002,"date":"2019-10-15T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10954"},"modified":"2019-10-15T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:59:27","slug":"impact-of-rising-co2-emissions-on-labour-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/impact-of-rising-co2-emissions-on-labour-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Rising CO2 emissions on labour productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> According\nto a study published in the journal Nature, extreme heat days caused by the\nrising carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the atmosphere will affect labour\nproductivity and economic growth, particularly in several developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Outdoor jobs in tropical areas such as Southeast\nAsia, north-central Africa and northern South America are likely to turn more\ndangerous with the increase in temperatures caused by climate change.<\/li><li>Agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing\nand construction \u2014 sectors which account for 73% of output in poor countries&#8217;\nare most vulnerable<\/li><li>For each trillion tonnes of CO2 emissions, gross\ndomestic product (GDP) losses could be nearly half a per cent.<\/li><li>The developed countries such as Canada, Germany,\nNew Zealand and the United Kingdom will have less than 0.1% of productivity\nloss per unit emission.<\/li><li>However, productivity losses in developing\ncountries like India, Gabon, Thailand and Malaysia will range from 3-5% of\ntotal GDP per year for every trillion tonne of carbon emitted.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Working on a Warmer\nPlanet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The International Labour Organization (ILO)\nreleased a report titled \u2018working on a Warmer Planet: The Impact of Heat Stress\non Labour Productivity and Decent Work\u2019. <\/li><li>It highlighted how heat stress will impact\nlabour productivity (measured in terms of working hours) and lead to economic\nlosses.<\/li><li>The report projected that in 2030, 2.2% of total\nworking hours worldwide will be lost due to high temperatures. This is\nequivalent to 80 million full-time jobs.<\/li><li>The global financial loss due to heat stress is\nexpected to reach USD 2,400 billion by 2030.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: According to a study published in the journal Nature, extreme heat days caused by the rising carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the atmosphere will affect labour productivity and economic growth, particularly in several developing countries. Facts: Key Takeaways: Outdoor jobs in tropical areas such as Southeast Asia, north-central Africa and northern South America are&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/impact-of-rising-co2-emissions-on-labour-productivity\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Impact of Rising CO2 emissions on labour productivity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4730],"class_list":["post-87002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-impact-of-rising-co2-emissions-on-labour-productivity","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700772118,"cached_date":1704855490},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}