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Oct 12, 2023 · Climate change affects food availability, quality and diversity, exacerbating food and nutrition crises. Temperature and precipitation changes enhance the spread of vector-borne diseases. Without preventive actions, deaths from such diseases, currently over 700 000 annually, may rise. Climate change induces both immediate mental health issues ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Climate change. Climate change is impacting human lives and health in a variety of ways. 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. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Climate change and agriculture are closely linked. The fast pace of climate change is challenging farmers’ ability to adapt and cutting into their livelihoods. On the other hand, agriculture is also a major part of the climate problem. Together with forestry and land use change, it generates up to 29% of total GHG emissions.
Pollutants not only severely impact public health, but also the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally. Most policies to reduce air pollution offer a “win-win” strategy for both health and climate. Lower levels of air pollution result in better cardiovascular and respiratory health of populations in both the long- and short-term. Reducing ambient and household air pollution can also ...
Nov 17, 2020 · 1. Build resilient foundations with rapid and inclusive development. Poverty and the lack of access to basic services—including infrastructure, financial services, health care, and social protection—are strong predictors of vulnerability to climate change. To put it another way: the poorer communities are, the more climate change will ...
Oct 17, 2022 · The World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan (2021-2025) is stepping up support for climate-smart agriculture across the agriculture and food value chains and via policy and technological interventions to enhance productivity, improve resilience, and reduce GHG emissions. The Bank also helps countries tackle food loss and waste and ...
Nov 7, 2024 · The result, according to new World Bank data, is that a changing climate could lead to excess health costs in low- and middle-income countries of at least US$15 trillion by 2050, equivalent to approximately 1.2 percent of their projected GDP. Unabated climate change is also expected to make the global goal of poverty reduction even more ...
Nov 12, 2021 · Climate change is projected to increase the number of days with high heat stress levels. The frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will increase further, seriously impacting public health in the Region. Heat-related mortality in the Region has increased by more than 30% during the past 20 years. The combined effects of climate change ...
Apr 1, 2023 · Climate change is more than an environmental crisis – it is a social crisis and compels us to address issues of inequality on many levels: between wealthy and poor countries; between rich and poor within countries; between men and women, and between generations. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted the need for ...
Sep 19, 2023 · The World Bank’s Reality Check report highlights 25 successful climate policies from countries as disparate as Egypt, Niger, China, and Peru. The report provides insights on how countries design and implement effective climate policies and on the compromises doing so can require. All countries have promised to reduce their greenhouse gas ...
