Climate crisis will affect lifelong health of young, warn doctors
Lancet Countdown tracks impacts of global heating covering disease, wildfires and malnutrition
The climate crisis will determine the lifelong health of today’s children, doctors have warned, noting that global heating was already causing harm.
Children are especially vulnerable and the global team of researchers say rising temperatures mean the bacteria causing deadly diarrhoea will thrive while poorer crop yields could lead to more malnutrition.
The annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change tracks the impacts of global heating on health. As well as children, older people are particularly vulnerable to heatwaves since they are less able to regulate their temperature and fluid balance.
The authors found that 220 million more people over 65 were exposed to heatwaves in 2018 compared with 2000. Europe, the report said, was especially at risk, due to its high number of older citizens living in large, hot, cities.
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