Everyday Medicine by Dr Luke Crantock
Conversations with colleagues providing helpful ideas and advice in healthcare
Episode 134. Health Impacts on Climate Change with Professor Richard
The World Health Organisation estimates that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is anticipated to result in approximately 250,000 additional deaths annually. These fatalities may arise from issues such as malnutrition, and heat stress, as well as diseases like malaria and infectious diarrhea. The impact of a planet warming at a recorded rate of 0.08 degrees centigrade per decade since 1880, accelerating to 0.18 degrees centigrade since 1981, poses threats to human lives and health across multiple dimensions. It's important to note that this statement does not delve into the detrimental potential such warming has on other species. Factors crucial to human survival—such as clean air, safe drinking water, a nutritious food supply, and secure shelter—are all imperilled in a world grappling with climate change. In this podcast, my intention was not to focus on the specific science of global warming and subsequent climate change, but rather on the associated health consequences.