From Paris To Makkah: Heat stress risks for Muslim pilgrims at 1.5°C and 2°C

Date Published 2021, February

Authors Fahad Saeed, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Mansour Almazroui

Journal Environmental Research Letters
16,2, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd067

This study, led by scientists from Climate Analytics, an international climate science and policy institute, is first to show that just half a degree of extra warming between 1.5°C and 2°C makes a big difference in terms of heat stress risk posed to Muslims carrying out religious rites in Saudi Arabia during summer, where the mercury frequently climbs over 45°C even now.