Health Effects of the Climate Crisis
Human activities have caused approximately 1°C of global warming, above pre-industrial levels. People around the world are already experiencing the effects of this, through extreme weather events, new and re-emerging infectious diseases, food insecurity, sea level rise, impoverishment and armed conflict.
Watch the video above which gives a short definition of climate change and an overview of what its impacts on health are.
For more information and further reading, see the ‘See Also’ section below.
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