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Climate change and illnesses

Long spells of heatwaves too are killing more and more people, causing loss of working hours

Editorial June 01, 2021 

There has been much talk about the harms being caused by climate change
and global warming. All those concerned about the deteriorating state of our
planet have repeatedly been saying that despite their urgings, most
governments around the world are taking little action to reverse the effects of
climate change.

A few days ago, around 100 health workers marched to the headquarters of
the World Health Organisation in Geneva and submitted a petition to the
WHO chief which said that due to lack of proper action climate change was
causing ever-new diseases so much so that now the list of illnesses had
grown very long. The petition carried signatures of more than 1,000 health
professionals from across the world and drew the attention of governments
that increasing environmental degradation had put human life at grave risk.

Yes, it’s no secret that now air and water are highly polluted — something
that has increased the incidence of cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases.
Long spells of heatwaves too are killing more and more people, causing loss
of working hours. And the upending of biodiversity has affected soil
productivity resulting in the reduction of food production. The World Bank has
estimated that between 32 million and 130 million people could fall to
extreme poverty by the year 2030, making food and other basic necessaries
essential for survival inaccessible to them. Climate change has undeniably
contributed significantly to this state of affairs.

The gravity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that last year Siberia
experienced a six-month long heatwave, with the temperature reaching 38
degrees Celsius in one of the towns, causing wide-scale impacts like wildfires,
loss of permafrost, and an invasion of pests. We are witnessing alarming calls
to reverse the trend of climate change, but on the practical side governments
are doing little to counter the threat. Preventive actions should be at top of the
agenda like reining in reckless consumption. Unfortunately, nothing
worthwhile has so far been done on this aspect of the grave issue. It is a
strange situation where fish are dying by drowning and also of thirst.
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