Heat stress
Heat: a silent killer at work
Episode 58 | 5 June 2024
The rising temperatures associated with climate change mean more people are experiencing heat stress at work. A recent ILO report, Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate estimates that nearly 19,000 workers die annually because of excessive heat, and more than 70 per cent of the global workforce are likely to be exposed to excessive heat at some point during their work.
Manal Azzi, ILO Occupational Safety and Health Team Lead, and Halshka Graczyk, ILO Occupational Safety & Health Technical Specialist, join the Future of Work podcast to discuss what is being done to make workplaces safer and protect workers from the effects of heat stress.
Find out more
- Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers — Key findings on climate change and occupational safety and health
- Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate — ILO Report
- Improving occupational safety and health in tomato and chili pepper supply chains in Mexico - Vision Zero Fund project — Funding is provided by the United States Department of Labour under cooperative agreement number IL-35872-20-75-K-. 100 % percentage of the total costs of the project or program is financed with USG federal funds, for a total of 6.15 million dollars. This material does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Labour, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government
- Vision Zero Fund — Multi-Donor Trust Fund administered by the ILO
- World Environment Day – June 5 — UN international day
- Global Coalition for Social Justice — Multilateral initiative
- Climate Change and the World of Work: Challenges and Perspectives for Occupational Safety and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean — World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024
Featuring
Guests
Manal Azzi
Team Lead on Occupational Safety and Health Policy and Systems, ILO
Halshka Graczyk
ILO Occupational Safety and Health Technical Specialist
Host
Sandra Kuchen
ILO Communication and Publication Information Officer, Multimedia