u. s. southern europe and china may have cost point 6 percent of gdp in 2023 as one day of extreme heat. about $32.00 degrees is equivalent to a half day of strike. additionally, heat affected employees reduce are working hours and experience work, slowdowns and errors. this as a well documented phenomenon and are more pronounced in poor countries, which often have higher exposure and lower ability given their lack of access to air conditioning. more than 61000 people have died in europe because of its records chattering heat wave last summer of 2022. and across the continent. wildfire sprang up in portugal, spain, and france. and despite having the lowest carbon emissions, the global south bear is almost the entirety of the economic brunt of extreme heat . they are hit harder by heat ways and because they're more economically vulnerable and lack the infrastructure to adapt to the extreme climates. july was the hottest month of our recorded globally further raising concerns about a future where children, especially those in the global south, will be more expected to face more and more fr