Heat hazards responsible for more than half of all climate-related deaths in last five years

Heat-related hazards accounted for 57% of the total reported weather, water, and climate-related deaths globally. Picture: AP/Charlie Riedel

Heat-related hazards led to more than half of all weather and climate-related deaths in the last five years, a new report has said.

The findings are published ahead of Cop29, which begins in Baku in Azerbaijan on Monday.