Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

The inequality labor loss risk from future urban warming and adaptation strategies

  • Cheng He,
  • Yuqiang Zhang,
  • Alexandra Schneider,
  • Renjie Chen,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Weichun Ma,
  • Patrick L. Kinney,
  • Haidong Kan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31145-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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New study investigates heat-induced labor loss in 231 Chinese cities, finding that lower-paid sectors could be disproportionately affected in coming decades, although adaptation measures may mitigate inequality related impacts.