Rising temperatures could cost Sri Lanka 145,000 jobs by 2040, ILO warns
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Daily Mirror and Daily FT report that new International Labour Organization studies warn rising workplace heat stress is affecting workers, productivity and economies in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The reports frame the findings as impacts of rising temperatures and heat exposure at work.
Daily FT reports that, even under a low-emissions pathway, heat stress could cost Sri Lanka about $26 billion in annual gross domestic product and the equivalent of 145,000 full-time jobs each year by 2040. Daily Mirror separately reports the projection of 145,000 jobs by that year.
Newswire reports that Sri Lanka lost the equivalent of more than 120,000 full-time jobs because of rising workplace heat stress in 2023. The available report text does not provide further detail on how that estimate was calculated.
Ada Derana reports a projection of 147,000 jobs for Sri Lanka and the Maldives by 2040, while Daily Mirror reports that the studies cover both countries. The reports provided do not include further details about the Maldives-specific findings.
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