A Washington Post news article warns that extreme heat events will affect up to 600 million people in parts of Asia and Africa, making certain countries uninhabitable.
A joint publication of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre reports that extreme weather events from climate change are worsening in magnitude and frequency, and actions need to be taken to curb carbon emissions.
The article also lists some startling data that in India and Pakistan temperature reached 117 degrees Fahrenheit, 125 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Middle East last year, and 129 degrees Fahrenheit in a town in Kuwait five years ago. The United States is not exempt from the pattern of extreme heat waves either, particularly in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and California. The extreme heat events will disproportionately impact vulnerable and marginalized people, so the report calls for “large and sustained investments” to prevent larger and deadlier heat disasters in the future.