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UN climate chief Simon Stiell will warn at the pre-COP summit in Nadi, Fiji, that extreme heat is increasingly endangering pregnant women and newborns across five continents. According to a survey of 1000 health professionals conducted by the Wellcome charitable foundation, over two-thirds have observed complications linked to intense heat within the past five years, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, and maternal health issues. Stiell emphasizes that climate-driven extreme heat poses a growing threat during pregnancy, urging leaders to take action against this emerging crisis.
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On October 5, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn at a summit in Nadi, Fiji that extreme heat is posing severe risks to pregnant women and newborns. According to a recent survey, more than two-thirds of health professionals across five continents have observed complications from intense heat over the past five years. Stiell emphasizes that rising temperatures are directly correlating with increased dangers during pregnancy, including premature births, stillbirths, low birth weights, and maternal health issues. He underscores that extreme heat is creating a new faultline in the global climate crisis, potentially leading to fatal outcomes if not addressed urgently. Scientists highlight that climate change intensifies weather events, contributing to more frequent heat records breaking worldwide.
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Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk: UN climate chief
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Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn on Oct 5.
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Stiell → put → Oct
Speaking at the “pre-COP” summit in Nadi, Fiji, Stiell will cite a new survey showing more than two thirds of health professionals across five continents had seen complications caused by intense heat in the past five years.
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thirds → speak → years
“Rising temperatures mean rising danger in pregnancy,” he is expected to say.
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“Climate-driven extreme heat during pregnancy is increasingly linked to premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, and maternal complications.”
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heat → drive → birth
“The picture is clear and very disturbing: as extreme heat worsens, pregnancy and birth are now a new faultline in the global climate crisis, and one which is potentially fatal,” Stiell will say.
“This faultline must not become another deep chasm of climate-driven suffering, inequality and injustice.”
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Scientists warn that climate change is making extreme weather events more intense and resulting in heat records tumbling more often.
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Around 33 countries, spanning from western Europe to the Sahel and central America, recorded their hottest July in 2026 since records began, according to AFP analysis of data from the European Union’s Copernicus climate observatory.
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The survey of 1000 midwives and doctors in the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Brazil and Zimbabwe was commissioned by charitable foundation Wellcome.
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Its chairwoman – Australian former Prime Minister Julia Gillard – said in a statement that mothers and babies are being put at increasing risk as a result of climate change.
“Extreme heat is an invisible killer, but pregnant women must not be invisible.
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Leaders have the evidence and solutions they need – now they must act,” Gillard said.
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The survey found nearly all midwives and doctors had cared for mothers or babies suffering the effects of extreme heat.
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midwives → find → heat
About a third of respondents said they had seen cases of low birth weight or restricted growth, feeding difficulties, and dehydration or heat-related illness, all resulting from what they believed was extreme heat.
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Stiell will tell pre-COP delegates that “pregnancy should be a time of hope”.
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“But for millions, it is becoming a time of anxiety, as climate impacts fill everyday life with risk.”
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The pre-COP31 summit in Fiji and the remote coral atoll Tuvalu is seen by Pacific leaders as a chance to draw attention to life on the frontline of climate change.
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They are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit – known as COP31 – to be held in November in Turkey.
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