Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年10月12日 · Climate change induces both immediate mental health issues, like anxiety and post-traumatic stress, and long-term disorders due to factors like displacement and disrupted social cohesion. Recent research attributes 37% of heat-related deaths to human-induced climate change. Heat-related deaths among those over 65 have risen by 70% in two decades.
Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)
4 天之前 · Climate change is already impacting health in a myriad of ways, including by leading to death and illness from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, storms and floods, the disruption of food systems, increases in zoonoses and food-, water- and vector-borne diseases, and mental health issues.
6 ways climate change is already affecting our lives | World …
2022年6月24日 · Climate change is already affecting people’s lives in a variety of ways. Global warming is the biggest health threat facing humanity, the World Health Organization says. It’s also making people rethink family planning choices and putting properties at …
Countering the climate crisis in Kiribati - World Health …
2024年3月8日 · Kiribati, home to around 120,000 people, lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, north of New Zealand and south-west of Hawaii. Of its 33 far flung islands, none are more than four metres above sea level at their highest point. This makes it one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.
This is how climate change could impact the global economy
2021年6月28日 · The largest impact of climate change is that it could wipe off up to 18% of GDP off the worldwide economy by 2050 if global temperatures rise by 3.2°C, the Swiss Re Institute warns. Forecast based on temperature increases staying on the current trajectory and the Paris Agreement and net-zero emissions targets not being met.
These are the top 3 climate risks we face - The World Economic …
2024年1月11日 · Three of the five are environmental: environmental damage, climate change and society’s inability to respond to environmental problems. They reflect the findings of the 2024 Global Risk Report, and highlight the gravity of our current situation, where we are confronted by non-linear, mutually reinforcing existential threat to the ability of ...
10 actions to change the climate course | World Economic Forum
2024年1月11日 · The 1.5°Celsius ambition is slipping out of reach. As highlighted in The State of Climate Action in November, achieving 1.5°C would now require an annual emissions reduction of around 7% globally, more than the impact from COVID-19 and against a trend of +1.5% per year.
This is what climate change costs economies around the world
2023年11月29日 · Climate-related extreme events are set to become more frequent and severe, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is against this backdrop the United Arab Emirates will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP28, from 30 November to 12 December.
Climate impacts of air pollution - World Health Organization (WHO)
Pollutants not only severely impact public health, but also the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally. Most policies to reduce air pollution offer a “win-win” strategy for both health and climate. Lower levels of air pollution result in better cardiovascular and respiratory health of populations in both the long- and short-term. Reducing ambient and household air pollution can also ...
These organizations are fighting climate change's health effects
2024年9月23日 · The climate crisis is bringing with it a deep global health crisis, with everything from air quality to food supply and nutrition endangered. Increasingly, top organizations are taking notice of this fact and acting. For many of them, collaboration is a key aspect of acting to combat climate change's health impacts.