Global warming is expected to result in an increase in work-related heat stress, damaging productivity and causing job and economic losses. The poorest countries will be worst affected.
GENEVA, 1 July 2019 (ILO)* – An increase in heat stress resulting from global warming is projected to lead to global productivity losses equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs in the year 2030, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1 July 2019 (openDemocracy)* — We are connected on a planetary scale. All our resources, our infrastructure, our food, energy, clothing, our electronic devices, almost everything human-made that we see around us, contains some component that someone from somewhere else has worked on.
The Greatest Outlier in Terms of Possessing Nuclear Weapons Is the U.S.A.
1 July 2019 — Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders.
3 July 2019 (Wall Street International* — Tuina 推拿, or Chinese massage therapy, is one of the four main branches of traditional Chinese medicine. Although very ancient, it is relatively new to majority. Tuina therapy dates back to around 3000 BC, making it the grandmother of all forms of massage and body work that exist today, from shiatsu, reflexology, chiropractics to osteopathy and beyond.
Tuina is the grandmother of all forms of massage and body work that exist today | Photo from Wall Street International.
Tuina is different from other forms of massage with specific emphasis on medical factor, such as treatment of specific illnesses related to internal organs, or muscular – skeletal systems as well.
El Paso, TX, 2 July 2019 (Human Rights Watch)* – The United Statesgovernment should cease returning asylum seekers to wait in Mexico during their US immigration court proceedings, Human Rights Watch and the Hope Border Institute said in a report released today [2 July 2019].
Figures suggest that many young asylum seekers arriving in the UK have their ages wrongly disputed leading to serious safeguarding problems.
Young asylum seekers who have their age disputed by local authorities are at risk of significant harm.| Wikimedia Commons. Some rights reserved.
1 July 2019 (openDemocracy)* — The Court of Appeal recently declaredthat the UK Home Office’s policy of determining the age of young asylum seekers is unlawful as it fails to ensure that children are not mistakenly treated as adults.
Working in climate and environment, you hear this question a lot. On one hand, environmental groups — including Greenpeace — will tell you that every action you take can make a difference.
25 June 2018 (Wall Street International)* — When I say you Go Bananas, I don’t mean you’re having mental issues. On the contrary, eating bananas promote mental health and other conditions. See how…
Bananas are one of the most potassium-rich foods in the entire world. One medium-sized banana contains 500 milligrams of potassium. What does it mean for your health?
(UNHCR)* — According to latest estimates released on 01 July 2019 at an annual resettlement forum, hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, more than 1.44 million refugees currently residing in over 60 refugee hosting countries will be in need of resettlement in 2020. | Español
An increase in heat stress at work linked to climate change is set to have a massive impact on global productivity and economic losses, notably in agriculture and construction, UN labour experts said on Monday [1 July 2019].
World Bank/Mai Ky | Construction workers at the Trung Son Hydropower project construction site, Vietnam. (Photo from UN News).
Highlighting that the world’s poorest countries will be worst affected, particularly in West Africa and South-East Asia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned that the lost output will be equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs – or 2.2 per cent of total working hours worldwide – during 2030.
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