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The Sixth Assessment Report ( AR6) of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the sixth in a series of reports which assess the available scientific information on climate change. Three Working Groups (WGI, II, and III) covered the following topics: The Physical Science Basis (WGI); Impacts, Adaptation and ...
Changes in climate can cause decreasing yields for some crops and regions, resulting in higher food prices, food insecurity, and undernutrition. Climate change can also reduce water security. These factors together can lead to increasing poverty, human migration, violent conflict, and mental health issues. [7] [8] [3]
By Jennifer Rigby. LONDON (Reuters) - Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate ...
The Global Climate and Health Alliance ( GCHA) is an organisation, whose members are health professionals and institutes from around the world, with the purpose of tackling climate change to protect and promote public health. It was formed in 2011 in Durban and by 2015 had admitted over 1,700 health organisations and 8,200 hospitals and health ...
The connection between climate change and health is important to me because it hits close to home. Not only are they fascinating topics, these two issues are part of humanity’s most pressing ...
The chance to secure a livable future for everyone on Earth is slipping away.
Denise Chow. July 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM. The world is struggling to slow the effects of climate change, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization that outlines ...
Climate change is an overarching threat that touches on all of these things — those who are disadvantaged are at greater risk of suffering most from its negative effects. This is acutely true ...