Too hot for work: why extreme heat is a threat to Europe’s productivity | High temperatures make some workplaces dangerous, with economists warning disruption will dent growth
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/26/extreme-heat-europe-productivity-economic-growth
12 Comments
EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 64d
Won't somebody please think of the productivity?
Laser@feddit.org · 28 pts · 64d
You're joking, but unfortunately this is the only logic some people respond to.
snoons@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 64d
For some yes, but others will only start behaving responsibly when it impacts their bottom line. Until then it will mean nothing to them. They will hear it, and read about it, but they'll ignore it.
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 63d
I do, that's why I work public sector. I work well because it's going to make someone else's life easier
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d
I like not paying high prices for food though.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 64d
Oh no not the productivity
inspxtr@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 64d
people are suffering, but it’s more important that the line is not increasing, peasants!
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 63d
Fuck growth, that's what got us into this mess.
psycotica0@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 63d
Wait wait wait, you're telling me all the money that was gained not fixing problems was short-sighted? You're telling me there's downsides?
Why haven't people been talking about this for 20 years!!!
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 64d
Didn’t some economist joker get a Nobel prize for saying the climate disaster wouldn’t cause much economic harm?
silence7@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 63d
He did. By assuming that damage was proportional to the fraction of the economy that a given sector represents. Which is an ok representation at very small amounts of warming. But when temperatures rise, the fact that the agriculture sector was, say, 3% of the economy, doesn't mean that damage is only 3% when the amount of food goes to zero.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 63d
Won't someone think of the growth!?