“Work” – broadly defined – is what allows society to function. Like other old certainties, it is under threat from climate change.
A key reason climate-related stresses and disruptions can have such a big impact is precisely because of their effect on the work we do and on the wider system of work we rely on. But little attention has been given to the urgent need to adapt work to climate change.
Our new report on climate impacts at work, released today, documents emerging serious risks.