These metrics are hard to grapple with when "living with extreme heat" isn't something most people can conceptualize.
Findings from 2025 -
> Over the 12-month period, 4 billion people — about 49% of the global population — experienced at least 30 days of extreme heat (hotter than 90% of temperatures observed in their local area over the 1991-2020 period). [1]
Findings from 2025 -
> Over the 12-month period, 4 billion people — about 49% of the global population — experienced at least 30 days of extreme heat (hotter than 90% of temperatures observed in their local area over the 1991-2020 period). [1]
[1] https://www.climatecentral.org/report/climate-change-and-the...