More heat, less work - prediction for SEA
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- Expatriate
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More heat, less work - prediction for SEA
Too hot to work ? Report says that rising temperatures due to climate change will slow labour production in SEA.
Hmm, 16% slowdown in Cambodia ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/o ... es-at-risk...South-east Asia over the next three decades could lose 16% of its labour capacity due to rising heat stress, which could cause absenteeism due to dizziness, fatigue, nausea and even death in extreme cases, the British firm Verisk Maplecroft said.
The company predicted the biggest losses in productivity in Singapore and Malaysia, with 25% and 24% decreases from current levels. Indonesia could see a 21% drop, Cambodia and the Philippines 16% and Thailand and Vietnam 12%...
Hmm, 16% slowdown in Cambodia ...
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Re: More heat, less work - prediction for SEA
FTFYAnchor Moy wrote:Hmm, 16% slowdown in Cambodia ...
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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