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Bookmark or Share- Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)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 Economic ForumClimate 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 risk of becoming uninsurable.
- These are the top 3 climate risks we face - The World Economic ForumThree 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 ForumThe 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.
- Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)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.
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