, Nov. 2 -- caused climate change contributed to nearly 1,500 additional preterm births in Bangladesh during the extreme heat event of April 2024, according to new analysis by Zero Carbon Analytics (ZCA), an international research group providing insights and analysis about climate change and the energy transition.

The research estimates that 1,479 preterm births in Bangladesh during April 2024 would not have occurred without the additional warming caused by human-induced climate change.

The heat event was made around 45 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to World Weather Attribution.

In a separate analysis, ZCA estimates that the April 2024 heat event was associated with approximately 5,515 excess preterm birt...