The World Health Organization (WHO) found that climate change will affect the social and environmental determinants of health, which are clean air, safe drinking water, and sufficient food and secure shelter.
Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress. WHO projects that the direct damage costs to health (excluding costs in health-determining sectors, such as agriculture, water and sanitation) are estimated to be between $2-4 billion (R40.12 billion) a year by the end of the decade.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded last year that if we are to limit health impacts and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths, we must limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.
Past emissions have already made a certain level of global temperature rise and other changes to the climate inevitable. Global heating of even 1.5 °C is not considered safe. However, every additional tenth of a degree of warming will take a serious toll on people’s lives and health.
Source: IOL
In other news – Congratulations are in order as SK Khoza bags himself a new gig
Congratulations are in order as SK Khoza bags himself a new gig. The star has been announced as the new face of The Black Door to play the role of Sabelo.
SK will be on screen from Monday, August 8. SK has had a couple of intense months after having a meltdown online and a viral s*x tape that featured him and an undisclosed women. Learn more
