{"id":211,"date":"2022-09-01T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:51","slug":"3-2-health-and-climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/how-it-affects-us\/3-2-health-and-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"3.2 Health and Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \nThe risk of vector-borne diseases and mass hunger crises<\/q> World Health Organization, COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health: The Health Argument for Climate Action<\/span><\/cite>, 11 October 2021, COP26 special report on climate change and health: the health argument for climate action (who.int)<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nA study by the World Health Organization<\/q> World Health Organization, Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Selected Causes of Death, 2030s and 2050s<\/span><\/cite>, 18 September 2014, https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241507691<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nchildren born after the year 2014<\/q> Thiery, W., et al., \u2018Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes\u2019<\/cite>, Science<\/span>, 2021; 374 (6564), 2021: 158\u201360, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.abi7339<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe impacts are disproportionately felt by the most disadvantaged<\/q> Action for Global Health, Health Inequalities and Climate Change: Action for Global Health Position Paper<\/span>, September 2021, https:\/\/actionforglobalhealth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Health-Inequalities-and-Climate-Change-Action-for-Global-Health-Position-Paper.pdf<\/a>.
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    \nhealth shocks and stresses already push around 100 million people into poverty every year<\/q> United Nations Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: Climate Change and Poverty<\/span><\/cite>, 16 July 2019, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/documents\/thematic-reports\/ahrc4139-climate-change-extreme-poverty-and-human-rights-report<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe breaching of dangerous temperature thresholds<\/q> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, \u2018Summary for policymakers\u2019<\/cite>, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/span>, ed. V. Masson-Delmotte et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press), https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg1\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \na recent survey WHO conducted with its member states<\/q> World Health Organization, 2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Global Survey Report<\/span><\/cite>, 8 November 2021, https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240038509<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

    \nmore nutritious plant-based diets could reduce global emissions<\/q> Springmann, M., et al., \u2018Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change\u2019<\/cite>, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 113 (15), 2016: 4146\u201351, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1523119113<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nclimate action aligned with the Paris Agreement targets would save millions of lives<\/q> Hamilton, I., et al., \u2018The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study\u2019<\/cite>, Lancet Planetary Health<\/span>, 5 (2), 2021: e74\u2013e83, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2542-5196(20)30249-7<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nfossil fuel industries are still receiving subsidies of $11 million<\/q> Parry, I. W. H., et al., Still Not Getting Energy Prices Right: A Global and Country Update of Fossil Fuel Subsidies<\/span><\/cite>, International Monetary Fund working paper, 24 September 2021, https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Publications\/WP\/Issues\/2021\/09\/23\/Still-Not-Getting-Energy-Prices-Right-A-Global-and-Country-Update-of-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-466004<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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