After Covid, could the next big killer be heatwaves?

The chilling report by the UN's climate science advisory panel paints a grim -- and deadly -- picture for a warming planet. If the world warms by 1.5 degrees Celsius -- 0.4 degrees above today's level -- 14 percent of the population will be exposed to severe heatwaves at least once every five years, "a significant increase in heatwave magnitude", the report says.

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