{"id":23688,"date":"2023-12-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4282327_AE82327_0"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:00:00","slug":"physical-climate-risk-analysis-of-over-200-000-hospitals-exposes-risk-of-shutdowns-from-extreme-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=23688","title":{"rendered":"Physical climate risk analysis of over 200 000 hospitals exposes risk of shutdowns from extreme weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONDON<\/span>, Dec. 3, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — 1 in 12 hospitals around the world could face partial or total shutdown from climate change extreme weather events if countries fail to curb fossil fuel emissions, according to a new report released today by XDI (Cross Dependency Analysis) – a global leader in physical climate risk analysis.<\/p>\n

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Hospital shutdown: The 2023 XDI Global Hospital Infrastructure Physical Climate Risk Report analyses the risk to over 200,000 hospitals around the world from climate change extreme weather<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

As a result, communities hit by hurricanes, severe storms, flooding, forest fires and other disasters could be cut off from emergency hospital care right when they need it most, they say.<\/p>\n

"Climate change is increasingly impacting the health of people around the world.  Our analysis shows that without a rapid phase out of fossil fuels, the risks to global health will be exacerbated further, as thousands of hospitals become unable to deliver services during crises," said Dr Karl Mallon<\/span>, Director of Science and Technology, XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative).<\/p>\n

The 2023 XDI Global Hospital Infrastructure Physical Climate Risk Report<\/a><\/u> <\/b>analyses the physical risk to over 200,000 hospitals around the world to six climate change hazards: coastal inundation, riverine flooding, surface water flooding, forest fire, extreme wind and cyclone wind.  The analysis focuses on physical damage to building structures, and calculates how different emission scenarios can reduce risk.<\/p>\n

As part of the report, XDI is releasing the names, location and level of risk (high, medium, low) for each individual hospital in the analysis (200,216 hospitals).  XDI is urging all governments to check for high risk hospitals in their region and conduct further analysis to understand and reduce this risk.<\/p>\n

Key findings <\/b><\/p>\n