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10 ways that climate change will create a health emergency

By Asitha Jayawardena

Heatwaves, flooding, drought, storms, wildfires and many more.

Who is responsible for the effects of climate change? We humans.

It will have many issues in homes, food, transport, industry, health and so on.

The following article gives ten health issues, or rather climate emergency on health:

  • Floods and disease
  • Mosquitoes on the march
  • Human-animal contact
  • Severe weather events
  • The air that we breathe
  • The psychological cost
  • Salty water and perilous pregnancies
  • Food insecurity
  • The stress of extreme heat
  • Millions on the move

Think global, act local.

Please read this:

At risk: 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/from-cholera-to-kidney-disease-10-ways-the-climate-crisis-is-wrecking-peoples-lives-acc

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