Publisher Note: This is the first article in a two -part immersion series on the effects of climate change on workers’ health. The second part will focus on workplace security strategies and the growing push of state and federal legislators to establish heat safety standards. Sixteen million dollars every hour. That is the Global cost of climate change Between 2010 and 2019, according to New Zealand researchers, a figure amounts to average $ 143 million annually. By 2050 the annual cost could increase to $ 3.1 trillion. These numbers incorporate a data load. But when Tracy Watts, a leading member…