Extreme Heat Putting Pregnant Women, Newborns at Risk: UN Climate Chief

Extreme heat puts pregnant women and newborns at growing risk, UN climate chief warns

NADI, Oct 5 — Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn today. Speaking at the...

Extreme heat risks for pregnant women and newborns, UN warns

Extreme heat linked to increased risks for pregnant women and newborns, warns UN climate chief ahead of COP31 summit on climate impacts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk: UN climate chief

NADI, Fiji — Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn on Monday. 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. "Rising temperatures mean rising danger in pregnancy," he is expected…

Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk

A new survey shows more than two thirds of health professionals across five continents have seen complications caused by intense heat in the past five years.

UN Climate chief warns extreme heat creates new faultline for pregnancy, maternal health - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

The United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, has warned that worsening extreme heat is creating a new and potentially fatal “faultline” in the global climate crisis, putting pregnant women, newborns and maternal health at increasing risk. Stiell issued the warning on Monday, October 5, 2026, at the “Birthright! A Global Call to Action […]