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Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather

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par Cathryn Birch, Associate Professor in Meteorology and Climate, University of Leeds
John Marsham, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
Sarah Chapman, Research Fellow, University of Leeds

Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years.

Newborn babies are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures. They have a limited ability to thermoregulate – or control their body temperature – and can easily become dangerously hot or…

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