Ten ways that climate change affects you, how do you live with it?

Climate change is not only bad for the health of the planet, but also for people.

Effects vary by age, gender, geographic region, economic status of community, and drug diversity.

A recent international study in The Lancet states: "Many people will be exposed to extreme weather events over the next century than previously thought, which could be a catastrophic danger that would lead to Eliminating 50 years of gains World Health Organization. "

Solutions are at stake. In the flood-prone country of Benin, national health insurance could expand to cover the diseases the most prevalent, as the global temperature rises and the sea level rises.

In the Steam Philippines, it is planned to help low-income people to manage climate risks through the through loans, sanitary education, waste and drainage of water, floods, droughts and extreme heat waves

1 – Disturbance of electricity in co-ops Extreme weather conditions can paralyze the movement of hospitals and transportation when we need it most.

2. Lack of harvests can lead to undernourishment, hunger and rising food prices: more carbon dioxide can make food crops like barley and soy less nutritious and beneficial for food. # 39; s body.

3. Occupational risks, such as the risk of insolation, are particularly high for farmers and construction workers.

Working hours may change at dawn and dusk, when disease-carrying insects do not exist.

4. The hottest days, heavy rains and high humidity will produce more species of spiders, which spread infectious diseases such as Lyme disease.

By 2080, kéradas will spread significantly in the eastern United States.

5. Injuries and trauma caused by floods, hunger and heat stroke can lead to mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and suicide.

6. More heat can mean more allergic seasons, more respiratory illnesses, and more rain that increases mold, fungi, and indoor air pollutants.

7. Dengue fever (a mosquito-borne disease) has increased 30-fold in the past 50 years, with three-quarters of people exposed to the fever living in the Asia-Pacific region.

8. Older citizens, children – especially those affected by malaria, malnutrition and diarrhea – tend to be more vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.

9. Drought and chronic water shortages in rural areas and 150 million people living in cities, if localities and cities do not adapt quickly, could reach 1 billion by 2050

10. High sea levels could threaten the freshwater supply of lowland residents, and an increased number of storms could cause flooding in the city's sewer systems.

• Translation: Tariq Mansi
• Proofreading: Upholstered Tasnim
• Edition: Nagya Al-Ahmad
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