Climatic risk and public health

Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century. Climate change profoundly impacts public health and well being through, for example, extreme weather and climate events, the spread of infectious diseases, and ecosystem degradation. In the next decades, substantial increases in morbidity and mortality are expected in association with a range of health outcomes, including heat-related illnesses, illnesses caused by poor air quality, under-nutrition from...