HEALTHDAWN
Lack of access to cooling to amplify heat deaths in Pakistan
A University of Chicago study projects that 377,000 annual deaths by 2050 will result from extreme heat and lack of cooling access in 18 low-income countries, including Pakistan, where 89% of the population is at risk. Pakistan alone could face 150,000 heat-related deaths annually due to insufficient air conditioning and energy affordability challenges.
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- Pakistan experiences back-to-back ‘warmest years’
- The sustained heatwave in India and Pakistan is quite dangerous
- 51 degrees and counting: Surviving heat in Jacobabad
- Oppressive heat and humidity drain Karachi’s life and energy
- India is being left to die in the heat