Pregnant women and newborn babies are facing growing health risks as extreme temperatures intensify, UN climate chief Simon Stiell is expected to warn on Monday.
Speaking at the pre-COP climate summit in Nadi, Fiji, Stiell will reference a new survey indicating that more than two-thirds of healthcare professionals across five continents have witnessed pregnancy-related complications associated with extreme heat over the past five years.
“Rising temperatures mean rising danger in pregnancy,” Stiell is expected to say.
According to the UN climate chief, exposure to climate-driven extreme heat during pregnancy is increasingly associated with premature births, stillbirths, low birth weight and serious complications affecting mothers.
