This is how climate change hurts our health
Everyone is harmed by the #ClimateCrisis to some degree, but these harms fall first and foremost on vulnerable and disadvantaged population groups
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#ClimateChange fuels the spread of infectious diseases
#ClimateChange fuels the spread of infectious diseases such as: 🚨 Malaria 🚨 Dengue 🚨 Cholera It also increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases by polluting the air, food and water that sustain our lives.
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#ClimateCrisis is the single biggest health threat facing humanity
🥵 Heat waves 🌊 floods 🍂 droughts are taking thousands of lives, forcing displacement, and exacerbating food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition. #ClimateCrisis is the single biggest health threat facing humanity.
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Take care of your health and environment
The climate crisis is a human health crisis. We need Climate Action NOW and this is how you can support it.
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Above 40 degrees, heat stroke might happen, causing organ failure, and even death.
🌡 🥵 Rising temperatures increase the risk of extreme heat. Above 4⃣0⃣ degrees, heat stroke might happen, causing organ failure, hospitalization, and even death. #ClimateCrisis harms our health.
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Floods can cause illness, injury and even death
🌧 🌊 #ClimateChange is making floods and extreme rainfall more likely and more dangerous. Floods can cause illness, injury and even death. #ClimateCrisis harms our health
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Climate change increase the risk of drought, extreme heat and water shortages
🚰 Safe drinking-water is crucial to human health & well-being, but around 80% of the 🌐’s population is already experiencing some level of water scarcity. Rising temperatures increase the risk of drought, extreme heat and water shortages. #ClimateCrisis harms our health.
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#ClimateChange increases the health risk of vulnerable populations
🌡 🥵 #ClimateChange increases the risk of extreme heat for exposed and vulnerable populations: 👥 outdoor workers 👥 people with underlying health conditions 👥 older people 👥 children 👥 poor people #ClimateCrisis harms our health.
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Wildfires can cause death and injury from suffocation, burns and smoke inhalation
🔥 🚒 #ClimateChange makes it more likely for droughts and wildfires to happen. Wildfires can cause death and injury from suffocation, burns and smoke inhalation. #ClimateCrisis harms our health.
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#AirPollution causes 13 deaths per minute worldwide.
🔥💨 Burning fossil fuels drives #ClimateChange and causes air pollution that leads to lung cancer, stroke and heart disease. #AirPollution causes 1⃣3⃣ deaths per minute worldwide. #ClimateCrisis harms our health.
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