Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana.
Int J Biometeorol. 2019 Dec;63(12):1693-1706. doi: 10.1007/s00484-019-01775-1. Epub 2019 Aug 5.
Adverse effects of occupational heat stress in the context of the changing climate on working populations are subtle but considerably harmful. However, social dimensions and impacts of climate change-related occupational heat concerns on workers' safety and health, productivity and well-being are often overlooked or relegated as minor issues in social impact analyses of occupational heat exposure due to climate change. This paper offers a conceptual framework based on an appraisal and synthesis of the literature on social impacts of climate change-related occupational heat exposure on workers' safety and health, productivity and social welfare and the quest to localise and achieve sustainable development goals. A sustained global, national, institutional and individual collaborative involvement and financial support for research, improved adaptation and social protection strategies, predominantly in the developing world, where a large number of people work outdoors, can reduce heat exposure and boost the resilience and adaptive capacity of workers to facilitate efforts to achieve sustainable development goals.
在气候变化背景下,职业热应激对工作人群的不良影响是微妙但相当有害的。然而,由于气候变化导致的职业热暴露对工人安全和健康、生产力和福祉的社会层面和影响往往被忽视或视为次要问题,在职业热暴露的社会影响分析中。本文提供了一个概念框架,该框架基于对与气候变化相关的职业热暴露对工人安全和健康、生产力和社会福利的社会影响的文献评估和综合,以及寻求本地化和实现可持续发展目标。持续的全球、国家、机构和个人合作参与和对研究的财政支持,以及对适应和社会保护战略的改进,主要在发展中国家,那里有大量的人在户外工作,可以减少热暴露,并提高工人的弹性和适应能力,以促进实现可持续发展目标的努力。