Workers’ health under climate change: Extreme weather events (Wildfires)

Climate change
Workers Health
Tableau
Series of nine infographics describing the main risks to workers’ health related to climate change and the environment International Labour Organization (ILO) 2024
Author
Affiliation

Edgar Rodriguez-Huerta

University of Nottingham, Rights Lab

Published

February 9, 2026

Modified

February 9, 2026

“Wildfire spreads toxic smoke across South America, straining the healthcare system”1

Primary health impact

Acute and chronic respiratory illness, asthma exacerbations, cardiovascular events, heat stress, eye injuries, burns, and adverse mental health outcomes.

Wildfire estimation

Wildfires score is estimated by integrating Fire Weather Index (FWI) 2-year return period 2, Concentration of fire outbreaks 3, and Accumulated wildfire events (in the past 7 years) 4.

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Footnotes

  1. Sobreira, E., Lázaro, W.L., Vitorino, B.D., Frota, A.V.B. da, Young, C.E.F., Campos, D.V. de S., Viana, C.R.S., de Oliveira, E., López-Ramirez, L., de Souza, A.R., Silva, D.J. da, Ignotti, E., Hacon, S., Ignácio, Á.R.A., Muniz, C.C., Filho, M. dos S., Bogoni, J.A., 2025. Wildfires and their toll on Brazil: Who’s counting the cost? Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 23, 214–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2025.06.003↩︎

  2. ThinkHazard!: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0066912/Global-wildfire-hazard↩︎

  3. Índice de Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Cidades – Brasil. https://idsc.cidadessustentaveis.org.br/↩︎

  4. Climate–Conflict–Vulnerability Index (CCVI). Climate data (2024-Q4). https://climatevulnerabilityindex.org↩︎

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