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Health Risks due to Climate Change: Inequity in Causes and Consequences -…
Health Risks due to Climate Change: Inequity in Causes and Consequences
Climate change is causing extreme weather events to occur more frequently
This especially impacts those living in poverty because they have limited resources to prepare, get help, and pick up the pieces afterwards
These events also can cause chronic mental and physical ailments that those living in poverty do not have the resources to manage
Events such as excessive heat waves, hurricanes, tornados, and more
Infectious disease
Poverty creates environments that make outbreaks hard to manage because there is often limited healthcare, limited access to clean spaces, and little done by the community to aid them
Nutrition
Raising populations and increasingly harsh weather conditions are making it hard to provide nutritious food for everyone.
Those living in poverty are often not getting the nutrients they need - creating a pluthera of health conditions adn increasing their risk of other illnesses
Toxic emissions
Toxic emissions can affect everyone, however, many factories tend to be in areas of poverty or lower income
Adpatation
Implementing programs and stratagies for handling the new risks developing due to climate change
Protocols for rapidly emerging diseases
Warning systems for extreme weather
financial planning for the devastation in communities after disasters and outbreaks
Mitigation
Getting involved to reduce the causing agents of the events of climate change
reducing admissions
dietary changes