Global population living with extreme heat expected to double by 2050 - Peer2Peer

Global population living with extreme heat expected to double by 2050

Jan 31, 2026

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels—a scenario that climate scientists see as increasingly likely.

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-global-population-extreme.html

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