The World Is Not Prepared , for Climate Crisis’ Impact , on Health, Study Warns.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that the climate crisis could roll back decades of progress toward improving health.
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that the climate crisis could roll back decades of progress toward improving health.
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'The Guardian' reports that the group also warns that the governments of the world are ill-prepared to manage the impact of warming global temperatures.
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Climate change is an unprecedented threat to human health, Madeleine Thomson, head of climate impacts and adaptation at the Wellcome charity, via 'The Guardian'.
Many countries are already having to deal with the dangerous repercussions of record-breaking temperatures.
Yet most are ill-prepared, Madeleine Thomson, head of climate impacts and adaptation at the Wellcome charity, via 'The Guardian'.
'The Guardian' reports that scientists have predicted that heat waves will grow even hotter and last longer as the climate crisis continues.
Practically the whole planet has experienced heat waves this year, Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the WMO, via 'The Guardian'.
The onset of El Niño in 2023 will greatly increase the likelihood of breaking temperature records further, triggering more extreme heat in many parts of the world and in the ocean – and making the challenge even greater, Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the WMO, via 'The Guardian'.
The authors of the WMO report also found that just 0.2% of loans and grants for climate projects identified health as their primary focus.
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The climate crisis is a health crisis, driving more severe and unpredictable weather events, fueling disease outbreaks and contributing to higher rates of noncommunicable diseases, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, via 'The Guardian'.
By working together to make high-quality climate services more accessible to the health sector, we can help to protect the health and wellbeing of people facing the perils of climate change, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, via 'The Guardian'
