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"“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.
A female professional told us: “there were days where I simply had to use up
sick leave because it was too hot to get safely to work”.
One male sales worker told us about working during the Black Summer of
2019/2020:
Smoke from bushfires two years ago was intolerable. The heat also was
horrific at times. During the smokiest days temperatures often shot up to
over 40 degrees. It was like the planet Venus. My employer … provided no
masks at all at that time, despite numerous requests, even pleadings.
Australia is already 1.4℃ warmer than it was in 1910. Climatic extremes and
events like the 2022 floods and Black Summer – as well as many less visible
disruptions – are already undermining our capacity to work across different
organisations, industries and sectors.
We will have to get better at adapting to our changed climate – and quickly."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
