Four ways climate change harms the health of South Americans

Higher temperature increases infectious diseases. Global warming is expanding the range of several infectious diseases, with dengue in ...

The 2022 South America report of The Lancet Countdown on health ...

Exacerbated by increased social inequities and vulnerability, deforestation, land degradation, and global climate variabilities in sea temperature, can ...

Human Health Impacts of Climate Change

Climate change impacts human health in both direct and indirect ways. Extreme heat waves, rising sea level, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding ...

Climate Change Impacts in Latin America - WWF

Latin America's climate is changing. Precipitation patterns are shifting, temperatures are rising, and some areas are experiencing changes in the frequency and ...

Climate Change and the Health of Socially Vulnerable People

They can have greater rates of existing medical conditions, such as physical disabilities, poor mental health, kidney disease, diabetes, asthma, ...

How climate change impacts the health of Latin Americans

In the wake of this process, as the climate crisis continues to get worse, new epidemics become more likely, respiratory diseases and ...

Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America - Drexel University

The impacts of climate change include frequent and intense floods, heat waves, sea level rise, and droughts. While some countries can adapt to ...

Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the ...

Studies of adults have found evidence of racial disparities related to climatic changes with respect to mortality, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, ...

Most U.S. Latinos say climate change affects their local community

... health experts, climate scientists and social scientists. The ... global climate change, compared with one-in-four Latino Republicans.

How climate change affects the food crisis

“But it also directly leads to a food security crisis. It makes it much harder to feed people.” Extreme weather events and conflict are the top ...

Climate change impacts

Climate change affects the environment in many different ways, including rising temperatures, sea level rise, drought, flooding, and more.

FACT SHEET: Fifth National Climate Assessment Details Impacts of ...

Paired with rising sea levels and other climate changes, these impacts are harming human health—particularly in underserved communities; ...

Climate Impacts on Human Health

The impacts of climate change include warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, increases in the frequency or intensity of some extreme weather events ...

Climate change impacts in Latin America and the…

Projections show increasing mean temperatures by up to 4.5°C compared to pre-industrial by the end of this century across LAC. Associated physical impacts ...

Effects of Climate Change - Impacts and Examples - NRDC

If we don't limit greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, the consequences of rising global temperatures include massive crop ...

Climate Change and Human Health | US EPA

The health effects of climate change include respiratory and heart diseases, pest-related diseases like Lyme disease and West Nile Virus, water- and food- ...

The Lancet Countdown South America: increasing health ...

South America is experiencing the effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and changes in temperature and precipitation ...

El Niño and climate change impacts slam Latin America and ...

Drought, heat, wildfires, extreme rainfall and a record-breaking hurricane had major impacts on health, food and energy security and economic ...

How will climate change affect Latin America? Scientists on IPCC

The effects of rising global temperatures are becoming increasingly apparent. Heat waves, droughts, torrential rains and flooding are becoming ...

How is climate change affecting workers in Latin America?

Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are putting the health of workers in the region at risk and forcing efforts on adaptation.