. It is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story., the World Health Organization has been tracing and analyzing the impact of how climate change is impacting public health.
Additionally, extreme weather events and increased temperature can all have negative effects on public health. Here are five other things to know about how climate change is expected to impact public health worldwide:around the world are inhaling polluted air. Air pollution is a contributing risk factor for many other illnesses such as heart disease and respiratory illness.
3. 70% of the world's infectious diseases have come from the natural environment, with many from animal-to-human contact Warming climates and increasing variability in weather patterns across the globe make it inherently easier to transmit diseases of any origin.