#queers4climatejustice #climatejustice #climatecrisis Posted @withrepost • @grist #Extremeheat kills more people globally than any other #climatechange related hazard, and will likely increase human suffering in parts of the world with already high humanitarian needs, according to a new report. In low-income #countries, vulnerability to extreme heat will be felt the most in urban communities that lack access to reliable electricity and water infrastructure.A 2018 report from a collaborative project called The Future We Don’t Want, predicted that by mid-century there would be a 700 percent increase in the number of urban poor living in extreme-heat conditions. While a number of countries like India have adapted city, state, and national “heat action plans” to reduce risk from extreme heat, few other low-income countries have yet to out any in place. Click the link in our bio to read more.