Qatar 2022: World must learn lessons on heat stress & safe working from tournament, as climate change makes conditions increasingly dangerous for construction workers
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Date Reported: 3 Ноя 2022
Местонахождение: Катар
Компании
Redco Construction-Al Mana - EmployerПроекты
Doha Oasis - ClientЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Непал , Строительство , Men , Unknown migration status )Темы
Охрана труда и безопасность , Сборы за найм персонала , Болезнь , ТравмыОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Принятые меры: Time reached out to Redco Construction - Al Mana and the project Doha Oasis for a comment but they did not respond.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 3 Ноя 2022
Местонахождение: Катар
Другое
Not Reported ( Кадровые агентства ) - RecruiterЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Непал - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Темы
Сборы за найм персоналаОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: None reported.
Вид источника: News outlet
"Thousands of migrant workers died in Qatar's extreme heat. The World Cup forced a reckoning," 3 Nov 2022
This year, the World Cup will start on Nov. 20, five months later than usual, to spare players and fans the worst of the region’s blisteringly hot summer… To make it happen, Qatar relied on a global supply chain of laborers willing to work in any conditions—a desperation fueled in part by the impacts of climate change… Thousands of those workers have died over the past decade, many because of poor working conditions made more perilous by excessive heat.
Doha’s daily high temperatures are now 1.4°F warmer in summer, on average, than when the World Cup was announced 12 years ago. The Middle East is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet…
In contemporary Qatar, however, workers can still be protected from the effects of excessive heat. That so many were not over the past decade is a stain on the country’s legacy. But it is also a learning opportunity. The World Cup spotlight forced drastic changes in labor regulations that, since their implementation last year, have made Qatar a world leader in heat protection and a useful laboratory for a better understanding of what works—and does not work—in an era of climate change…
[Refers to Redco Construction Al Mana & Doha Oasis; companies did not provide comment to TIME.]