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Human health and climate change in Pacific island countries

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The global community has a blind spot concerning the extent of the risks posed by human-induced climate change to the well-being, health and physical survival of populations. There are many adverse environmental and social impacts associated with climate change, including hotter - and in the tropics more humid - conditions; increases in weather-related disasters; reduced food yields; disruptions to water sufficiency and seasonal rains; changes in the geographical range, seasonality and activity of many infectious disease agents; and mental health disorders in damaged, disrupted or displaced communities. These all carry risks, often serious or fatal, to human health. Under climate change conditions, the health and safety of humans are as vulnerable, eventually if not immediately, as is the health of ecosystems, particular species, soils and pastures, and the chemical profile, vitality and productivity of the oceans.
Display date:
2015
Collections:
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publisher:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Content partner:
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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