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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

HISTORICAL FACTS: Heat waves cost poor countries the most exacerbating inequality | History Defined

File Photo: Egyptians on holiday walk at Cleopatra Beach, in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh, 270 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP)

Heat waves, intensified by climate change, have cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the last 30 years, a study published Friday found, with poor countries paying the steepest price.

And those lopsided economic effects contribute to widening inequalities around the world, according to the research.

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