Extreme heat to make regions uninhabitable

Heatwaves are set to become so extreme that in parts of the world they will exceed human physiological and social limits


2022: Third of global population exposed to deadly heat
33% 

2100: Half of all people affected
50%


WORLD ON FIRE: Number of days projected to exceed potentially deadly heat levels per year by 2100

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350


Nov 6-18: UN holds annual climate change conference


GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE CHANGE BY YEAR, 1961-2021
1.0°C 
0.5
0
-0.5
	1961 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2021


Sources: AFP, OCHA
Picture: OCHA/Otto Bakano
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