Climate Change
Should global health prioritize climate change over more proximate health concerns?
Climate change is a public health issue. According to many studies conducted by researchers around the world, temperatures at the Earth’s surface are increasing, as well as in the atmosphere and oceans. It is said the global average temperature has increased by 1.1°C since the pre-industrial period, and by 0.2°C compared to 2011-2015. The main cause of this is greenhouse gas emission and the increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Consequently, climate change is altering Read more…