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SUMMARY:Children are disproportionately exposed to heat stress attributabl
 e to anthropogenic climate change.
DTSTART:20261027T130000Z
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UID:indico-event-333@events.spacepole.be
CONTACT:info-cc@climatecentre.be
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is part of the Climate Cookies & Coffee series of
  the Belgian Climate Centre. This seminar series was launched to foster kn
 owledge-sharing\, collaboration\, and interdisciplinary discussion among c
 limate researchers.  For this edition\, the Belgian Climate Centre will 
 welcome Rosa Pietroiusti (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) with a presentation
  on "Children are disproportionately exposed to heat stress attributable t
 o anthropogenic climate change". Abstract:  Climate change is increasin
 g people's exposure to heat stress across the world\, with conditions of h
 igh temperatures and high humidity becoming increasingly frequent. Particu
 larly vulnerable groups to heat stress include the elderly\, young childre
 n\, people with pre-existing health conditions\, outdoor workers and peopl
 e living in inadequate housing.  Children are particularly vulnerable to
  many climate change impacts and will face intensifying effects of climate
  change during their lifetimes. Nonetheless\, in this study we show that a
 t a global level children already today face disproportionate exposure com
 pared to older generations\, as many live in regions hit the hardest by es
 calating humid heat stress. Combining demographic data with a global grid-
 scale attribution framework\, we find that\, at present-day warming levels
 \, 2.8 to 3 times more children aged 0 to 9 years than adults aged 60 to 6
 9 years are exposed to at least 20 additional heat stress days attributabl
 e to anthropogenic climate change based on both reanalysis (3.0 [3.0 to 3.
 1]) and climate models (2.8 [2.4 to 3.0]).  On average\, children experi
 ence 9 to 10 more attributable heat stress days than people aged 60 to 69 
 years (reanalysis: 9 [6 to 9]\; models: 10 [6 to 13])\, and this differenc
 e is likely conservative as children spend more time outdoors. This interg
 enerational disparity persists as overall heat stress escalates under glob
 al warming of 1.5° and 2°C\, highlighting the need for mitigation and ad
 aptation policies to protect children and other vulnerable groups from hea
 t-related health risks. \n\nhttps://events.spacepole.be/event/333/
LOCATION:Stratus room (Belgian Climate Centre)
URL:https://events.spacepole.be/event/333/
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