Substantial increase of heat-induced labor and economic loss in China under rapid economic and environmental temperature growth DOI Creative Commons

Bowen Chu,

Jianfeng Luo, Kexin Wang

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 708 - 716

Published: June 14, 2024

Exposure to heat stress causes diminished work performance and leads economic loss. In the last two decades, China has experienced both rapid development environmental warming; however, spatiotemporal variations of association between labor loss have been rarely investigated behind this double impact. Here, we evaluated variation in China's heat-induced productivity related cost from 2001–2019 effect regional warming. We found that decline because increased significantly (p < 0.05 for heavy-intensity work), corresponding also exhibited a drastic increase by 6- 9-fold. The relative showed slight but nonsignificant with an average value 0.54% annual total earnings. At sub-regional sectoral level, adverse effects were more prominent southeast region, secondary industry sectors, such as construction manufacturing, contributed larger proportions losses. transformation industrial structure made sectors vulnerable exposure, increasingly preventive air-conditioning use noted on damage due (36.0% benefits 2019 compared 9.7% 2001). Our findings could provide deep insight into burden occupational health adaptation strategies regionally under climate change, especially developing areas higher temperature humidity environment.

Language: Английский

Future changes in population exposure to intensified heatwaves over three major urban agglomerations in China based on Excess Heat Factor DOI Creative Commons
Qian Zhou,

Melissa Gao,

H. J. Yang

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

3
Future climatic risks faced by the Beautiful China Initiative: A perspective for 2035 and 2050 DOI Creative Commons
Ziqiang Ma, Huijuan Cui, Quansheng Ge

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

1
Quantifying the impact of infrastructure-based urban adaptation strategies on summer air temperature and heat exposure risk in Chinese cities DOI Creative Commons
Jing Shang, Lin Pei, Deliang Chen

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

0
Substantial increase of heat-induced labor and economic loss in China under rapid economic and environmental temperature growth DOI Creative Commons

Bowen Chu,

Jianfeng Luo, Kexin Wang

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 708 - 716

Published: June 14, 2024

Exposure to heat stress causes diminished work performance and leads economic loss. In the last two decades, China has experienced both rapid development environmental warming; however, spatiotemporal variations of association between labor loss have been rarely investigated behind this double impact. Here, we evaluated variation in China's heat-induced productivity related cost from 2001–2019 effect regional warming. We found that decline because increased significantly (p < 0.05 for heavy-intensity work), corresponding also exhibited a drastic increase by 6- 9-fold. The relative showed slight but nonsignificant with an average value 0.54% annual total earnings. At sub-regional sectoral level, adverse effects were more prominent southeast region, secondary industry sectors, such as construction manufacturing, contributed larger proportions losses. transformation industrial structure made sectors vulnerable exposure, increasingly preventive air-conditioning use noted on damage due (36.0% benefits 2019 compared 9.7% 2001). Our findings could provide deep insight into burden occupational health adaptation strategies regionally under climate change, especially developing areas higher temperature humidity environment.

Language: Английский

Citations

1