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In the future climate change may lead to "typhoons, floods, blizzards, windstorms, drought, and landslides" and to more severe damage from infectious diseases [31] In the years 1970-2016 the occurrence of crop pest and diseases increased 4 times. 22% of that rise are due to climate change. By the year 2100 the occurrence will rise 243% under a ...
The scientific understanding of potential health risks and observed health impacts caused by climate change is now better understood. One category of health risks is that of infectious diseases . A study concluded in 2022 that "58% (that is, 218 out of 375) of infectious diseases confronted by humanity worldwide have been at some point ...
Despite China's notoriously poor air quality, Matus et al. (2011) have found that the severity of China's air pollution has been declining over the years. [86] Finally, as described by Kan (2018) and Wu, et al. (1999) another major contributor to adverse health effects related to environmental issues is water pollution.
In the country's National Climate Change Policy Program, one of the goals specifically set out is to enhance the ability to bear the impacts of climate change, as well as to raise the public awareness on climate change. China's National Climate Change Policy states that it will integrate climate change policies into the national development ...
Climate change affects human health at all ages, from infancy through adolescence, adulthood and old age. [3] Factors such as age, gender and socioeconomic status influence to what extent these effects become wide-spread risks to human health. [9]: 1867 Some groups are more vulnerable than others to the health effects of climate change. These ...
Climate change is putting an ever-growing number of people “under threat from extreme weather, food insecurity, and humanitarian disasters, fueling migration flows and increasing the risks of ...
The United Nations health agency had taken the unusual step of publicly asking China to provide more information about the upsurge. The WHO said it received the requested data in a teleconference ...
China is suffering from the negative effects of global warming in agriculture, forestry and water resources, and is expected to continue to see increased impacts. China's government is taking some measures to increase renewable energy, and other decarbonization efforts, vowing to hit peak emissions before 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2060 by ...