Health and climate change: 2015 Jordan
The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate change.
Summary of the key findings include:
- In Jordan, under a high emissions scenario, mean annual temperature is projected to rise by about 5.9°C on average from 1990 to 2100. If global emissions decrease rapidly, the temperature rise is limited to about 1.7°C.
- In Jordan, under a high emissions scenario, the number of days of warm spell is projected to increase from about 10 days in 1990 to about 200 days on average in 2100. If global emissions decrease rapidly, the days of warm spell are limited to about 45 on average.
- In Jordan, under a high emissions scenario heat-related deaths in the elderly (65+ years) are projected to increase to about 54 deaths per 100,000 by 2080 compared to the estimated baseline of under 3 deaths per 100,000 annually between 1961 and 1990. A rapid reduction in global emissions could limit heat-related deaths in the elderly to about 11 deaths per 100,000 in 2080.
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Country and region
Jordan
Number of pages
8 p.
Publication year
2016