# Extreme heat: ‘We’re really starting now to understand how global climate is impacting our health’

https://mins.news/en/video/27618

- France 24 English, 2026-08-20 17:53 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0QS6ZkXv2M

> Behavioural scientist and public health researcher Simon Williams says the health effects of extreme heat, particularly on older adults, are emerging earlier and at lower levels of warming than previously understood.

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