The Human Cost of One Degree with Prof. Ollie Jay (473)

Professor Ollie Jay, a leading expert in heat and health, returns to Shirtloads to discuss the growing toll of climate change on human wellbeing and global economics. Insights drawn from the latest Lancet Countdown report show that over half a million people die from heat-related causes each year, and a million more from fossil fuel pollution - deaths that are largely preventable. Rising temperatures are quietly reshaping our daily lives, from reducing physical and cognitive productivity, to costing the global economy an estimated trillion dollars annually. But it's not all bleak - Professor Jay highlights that meaningful change is within reach. With the right political action and long-term interventions, we can protect both public health and economic stability - the solutions are already in our hands.

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The Human Cost of One Degree with Prof. Ollie Jay (473) is an episode from Shirtloads of Science by Karl Kruszelnicki.

This episode is 32:40 long.

This episode was published on May 9, 2026.

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