Climate Change and Health

Climate Change currently contributes to the burden of disease and premature death. The most direct effect of Climate Change on human might be the impact of hotter temperature themselves. Extreme high temperature increase the heat related death in the United State, Europe, and all countries outside the tropics. The World Health Organization has estimated that in the year 2000, Climate Change accounted for the losses of 150000 lives globally and 77000 lives in the Asia Pacific region. WHO further warns that the health of millions could be threatened by increases in malaria, water-born disease and due to malnutrition. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has inferred that higher temperature will cause an increase in death and illness, especially among the old and the urban poor as they have limited access to air conditioning.