One in 12 hospitals worldwide are at risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events without a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, a new report warns.
A total of 16,245 hospitals, twice as many as are currently at high risk, will be in this category by the end of the century without a change in pace, according to a report released on Saturday by Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI), a climate risk analyst. It adds that a residential or commercial building with this level of risk would be considered uninsurable.
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When hospitals are closed where will people seek medical attention? The effects of this will be really advanced.
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This really highlights the problem we have at hand and how intense it could get if we do not take immediate action
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@Kevin This should serve as a reflection of tomorrow, if only we delay in matter climate action.
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Climate crisis can be so severe and affect human kind negatively thus measures should be put in place to prepare for any possible hazards
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@johnte_ndeto True,measures should be put in place to prevent such from happening in the future.
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Tackling the potential challenges posed by these astronomical numbers requires collective efforts
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This is terrible news !!
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The numbers quoted here are astronomical and would absolutely paradise our healthcare systems
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This is not right at all