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Extreme Heat Putting Pregnant Women, Newborns at Risk: UN Climate Chief
- UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned on Monday in Nadi, Fiji, that extreme heat poses growing risks to pregnant women and newborns, describing pregnancy as a 'new faultline' in the global climate crisis.
- Climate change is making extreme weather more intense, with around 33 countries recording their hottest July this year, according to AFP analysis of European Union Copernicus observatory data.
- Across five continents, more than two thirds of health professionals in a Wellcome-commissioned survey of 1,000 practitioners reported complications from intense heat, including restricted growth and dehydration in the past five years.
- Prime Minister Julia Gillard, chairwoman of Wellcome, urged leaders to act on the evidence, as Stiell warned that 'Pregnancy should be a time of hope' but is becoming a time of anxiety from climate-driven risks.
- Preceding the larger UN-sponsored COP31 climate conference in Turkey next month, the pre-COP summit in Fiji and Tuvalu allows Pacific leaders to showcase life on the frontline of climate change.
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According to data from a new study, now presented, each rise of one degree Celsius contributes to a 5% increase in premature births and 7% in cases of gestational diabetes.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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Africa: Climate Change Is Becoming a Pregnancy Hazard Worldwide, Survey Finds
Suva, Fiji & Srinagar, India -- Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies around the world, with almost all maternal health professionals surveyed across five continents saying they have cared for women or infants whose health was affected by high temperatures.
·Washington, United States
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Pregnant women with 'no cool place to go' face rising heat risks, UN c
In a survey across five countries, nearly all maternity workers said they had treated patients they believe were harmed by extreme heat. UN climate chief Simon Stiell calls pregnancy a new fault line in the climate crisis.
·Singapore
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