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While there is a need to understand the potential risks of climate change better, available evidence suggests links between climate change and adverse health effects.
Climate change is altering the epidemiology, geography of health conditions, such as respiratory conditions. With rising temperatures, the geography and intensity of vector-borne disease are shifting and increasing. Both too little water (due to drought) and too much water (due to flooding) impact agriculture, food security, housing and infrastructure, as well as safe access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, and access to health services and information. At its extreme, climate change can manifest as humanitarian crises, contributing to mass migration, accelerating population displacement.
What we know now serves as a justifiable basis for urgent action by stakeholders to invest and develop climate action plans for all individuals that focus on improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) – now and in the long-term.