Extreme weather could shut down one in 12 hospitals worldwide, report warns
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GV9H)
Total of 16,245 hospitals at high risk by end of century unless fossil fuels phased out, analysts say
One in 12 hospitals worldwide are at risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events without a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, a new report warns.
A total of 16,245 hospitals, twice as many as are currently at high risk, will be in this category by the end of the century without a change in pace, according to a report released on Saturday by Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI), a climate risk analyst. It adds that a residential or commercial building with this level of risk would be considered uninsurable.
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