Climate Change and Health

As extreme weather events tend to increase in scale, frequency and intensity, climate change has become the single biggest health threat facing humanity, which affects not only physical environment but also all aspects of both natural and human systems – including social and economic conditions and the functioning of health systems.

These weather and climate hazards affect health both directly and indirectly, increasing the risk of deaths, noncommunicable diseases, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and health emergencies.

According to WHO, 3.6 billion people already live in areas highly susceptible to climate change. It is estimated that from 2030 to 2050, climate change might cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress alone. Although it is unequivocal that climate change affects human health, it remains challenging to accurately estimate the scale and impact of many climate-sensitive health risks on different diseases. As climate change aggravates health conditions, we must explore the clear connections between climate change factors and diseases. To alleviate the devastating impacts of the climate crisis, policies for addressing both climate change and public health should be aligned synergistically. Moreover, for those existing preventive measures will need to adopt new interventions or strategies to dealing those newly emerging climate-related obstacles.

This event aims to advocate the climate change impacts on health. By sharing knowledge on connections between climate change and health, promoting policies and strategies that could mitigate the impacts, and adopting new measures/ideas for the prevention of reverse health events, such as NCDs and undernutrition.
Join us to discuss how climate change impacts our health and what we can do about it, and go to the TaiwanICDF website page at https://www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/mp?mp=2 to have more detailed information about the event!
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