Climate change impact on human health

Abstract

Variations in environmental conditions caused by natural or anthropogenic activities have been exhibiting their impacts on climate change in the form of heat waves, drought, acid rain, floods, and storms throughout the decades. The resulting climate change has perturbated the interrelated threats to the ecosystem. Climate change affects human health, causing mental illness, undernutrition, and cardiovascular, respiratory, and infectious diseases. This outcome is observed in terms of worldwide disturbance in social dynamics such as health status, socioeconomic status, and public health infrastructure. This chapter explores the adverse climate conditions and highlights footprints on human health. Strategies to reduce the catastrophic impact of climate change on humans have been discussed in the latter sections.