The examples listed in the first column are those described in each underlying chapter’s exposure pathway diagram (see Guide to the Report). While the physical health impacts of climate change are well known, the impact on mental health has only begun to be recognized in the last decade. Every child born today will have their health defined by climate change, according to the November 2019 report on health and climate change in the British medical journal The Lancet, which examines the effect of climate change on health globally.

Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.

These gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, warm and alter the global climate, which causes environmental changes to occur that can harm people's health and well-being.

Governance and networks for health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: Lessons from two Indian cities Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Christopher N.H. Doll Environment International, Volume 97, December 2016, Pages 146–154 Climate change refers to any significant long term change in current normal climate conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, extreme weather events, snow cover and sea level rise. In FY2009, CDC formally established its Climate and Health Program. The CDC climate and public health framework was established in 2006, due to a recognition by several scientists that there was a need to prepare for the inevitability of climate change, and the impact it would likely have on the health of US residents and the world population in general. Climate change is impacting human lives and health in a variety of ways.

Environment International, Volume 98, January 2017, Pages 102–112.

Health Risks Climate change isn’t just bad for the planet’s health—it’s bad for people’s too. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per …

Climate change is the result of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and other human activities. The climate crisis affects people’s health in myriad interconnected ways, starting from birth. It threatens the essential ingredients of good health - clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply, and safe shelter - and has the potential to undermine decades of progress in global health. The diagram shows specific examples of how climate change can affect human health, now and in the future.These effects could occur at local, regional, or national scales. Effects will vary by age, gender, geography, and socioeconomic status—and so will remedies.