Study: Climate change will challenge occupational safety and health
Productivity expected to drop, especially for outdoor workers
Climate change could have a significant impact on worker productivity – particularly in certain parts of the word, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal, Nature Climate Change.
Oceanographer John Dunne and his team of researchers found that over the past two decades, climate change has caused a 10 percent decrease in working capacity during the peak summer season. That trend is expected to continue and even accelerate, to levels of below 40 percent by the year 2200.