DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. RISING TEMPERATURES: THE ONGOING AND PERVASIVE INCREASE IN

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE,
PREDOMINANTLY ATTRIBUTED TO HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE,
LEADING TO WIDESPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS.

2. EXTREME HEAT: ABNORMALLY HIGH AND SUSTAINED TEMPERATURES,

SURPASSING TYPICAL SEASONAL NORMS, WITH POTENTIAL
FAR-REACHING IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS, AGRICULTURE, AND HUMAN
HEALTH.

3. HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATH: ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS,

INCLUDING FATALITIES, RESULTING FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS, PLACING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT
HEIGHTENED RISK.

4. CARDIOVASCULAR FAILURE: HEART-RELATED COMPLICATIONS LEADING

TO FAILURE, EXACERBATED BY THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS IMPOSED
BY EXTREME HEAT EVENTS AND RISING TEMPERATURES.

5. SEVERE WEATHER: INTENSE AND POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, SUCH AS HURRICANES, TORNADOES, AND
FLOODS, CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND
POSING THREATS TO HUMAN SAFETY.

6. INJURIES AND FATALITIES: ADVERSE OUTCOMES, INCLUDING HARM

AND DEATHS, RESULTING FROM THE IMPACTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
EVENTS, OFTEN REQUIRING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
EFFORTS.

7. MORE EXTREME WEATHER: THE ESCALATING FREQUENCY AND

SEVERITY OF INTENSE METEOROLOGICAL EVENTS, SUCH AS STORMS,
HURRICANES, AND HEATWAVES, AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ALTERATIONS
IN GLOBAL CLIMATE PATTERNS.

8. AIR POLLUTION: THE PRESENCE OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR,

PRIMARILY FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS AND
VEHICLE EXHAUST, ADVERSELY AFFECTING RESPIRATORY HEALTH AND
OVERALL AIR QUALITY.

9. ASTHMA: A CHRONIC RESPIRATORY CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY

INFLAMMATION OF THE AIRWAYS, OFTEN EXACERBATED BY EXPOSURE
TO AIR POLLUTANTS, LEADING TO BREATHING DIFFICULTIES.

10. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - VARIOUS CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE

HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS, EXACERBATED BY ENVIRONMENTAL
STRESSORS LIKE AIR POLLUTION AND EXTREME HEAT.
11. CHANGES IN VECTOR ECOLOGY: ALTERATIONS IN THE HABITATS AND
BEHAVIORS OF DISEASE-CARRYING ORGANISMS, INFLUENCING THE
SPREAD OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.

12. MALARIA: A LIFE-THREATENING MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE CAUSED BY

PLASMODIUM PARASITES, WITH TRANSMISSION PATTERNS INFLUENCED
BY CHANGES IN VECTOR ECOLOGY.

13. DENGUE: A VIRAL INFECTION TRANSMITTED BY AEDES MOSQUITOES,

LEADING TO FEVER AND SEVERE JOINT PAIN, INFLUENCED BY SHIFTING
VECTOR HABITATS.

14. ENCEPHALITIS: INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN, OFTEN CAUSED BY VIRAL

INFECTIONS, WITH POTENTIAL INCREASES IN INCIDENCE TIED TO
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.

15. HANTAVIRUS: A VIRAL INFECTION TYPICALLY TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS

THROUGH CONTACT WITH INFECTED RODENTS, WITH PREVALENCE
INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

16. RIFT VALLEY FEVER: A VIRAL DISEASE PRIMARILY AFFECTING ANIMALS

BUT TRANSMISSIBLE TO HUMANS, CAUSING FEVER AND FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMS, WITH ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PLAYING A ROLE IN ITS
SPREAD.

17. LYME DISEASE: A BACTERIAL INFECTION CAUSED BY THE BORRELIA

BURGDORFERI BACTERIUM, OFTEN TRANSMITTED THROUGH TICK
BITES, INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

18. CHIKUNGUNYA: A VIRAL INFECTION TRANSMITTED BY AEDES

MOSQUITOES, LEADING TO FEVER AND JOINT PAIN, WITH CHANGING
VECTOR ECOLOGY IMPACTING ITS DISTRIBUTION.

19. WEST NILE VIRUS: A MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS CAUSING FLU-LIKE

SYMPTOMS AND, IN SEVERE CASES, NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES,
INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

20. RISING SEA LEVEL: THE GRADUAL ELEVATION OF OCEAN AND SEA
SURFACES OVER TIME, MAINLY RESULTING FROM THE MELTING OF
POLAR ICE CAPS AND GLACIERS, POSING IMMINENT THREATS TO
COASTAL AREAS AND LOW-LYING REGIONS.

21. INCREASING ALLERGENS: THE RISE IN SUBSTANCES CAUSING

ALLERGIC REACTIONS, POTENTIALLY INTENSIFIED BY ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES AND CLIMATE-RELATED FACTORS.
22. RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES: ALLERGIC REACTIONS AFFECTING THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, WITH AN INCREASING PREVALENCE
POTENTIALLY LINKED TO CHANGES IN AIR QUALITY AND ALLERGEN
CONCENTRATIONS.

23. ASTHMA: A CHRONIC RESPIRATORY CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY

INFLAMMATION OF THE AIRWAYS, OFTEN AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE
TO ALLERGENS AND AIR POLLUTANTS.

24. WATER QUALITY IMPACTS: ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE CLEANLINESS

AND SAFETY OF WATER SOURCES, STEMMING FROM POLLUTION,
CONTAMINANTS, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS.

25. CHOLERA: AN ACUTE DIARRHEAL ILLNESS CAUSED BY THE VIBRIO

CHOLERAE BACTERIUM, OFTEN LINKED TO CONTAMINATED WATER
SOURCES, POSING RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

26. CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS: A PARASITIC INFECTION AFFECTING THE

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, CAUSED BY THE CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
PARASITE, WITH TRANSMISSION INFLUENCED BY WATER QUALITY.

27. CAMPYLOBACTER: A BACTERIAL INFECTION LEADING TO

GASTROENTERITIS, COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERCOOKED
POULTRY, CONTRIBUTING TO WATER AND FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS.

28. LEPTOSPIROSIS: A BACTERIAL INFECTION TRANSMITTED THROUGH

WATER CONTAMINATED WITH THE URINE OF INFECTED ANIMALS, WITH
IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

29. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: RAPID AND EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF ALGAE

WITH POTENTIAL TOXINS HARMFUL TO AQUATIC LIFE AND HUMANS,
OFTEN RESULTING FROM NUTRIENT POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES.

30. INCREASING CO2 LEVELS: THE PERSISTENT ELEVATION OF CARBON

DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, PRIMARILY
DRIVEN BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AND
DEFORESTATION, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING.

31. WATER AND FOOD SUPPLY IMPACTS: DISRUPTIONS TO THE

AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF WATER AND FOOD RESOURCES,
STEMMING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND CLIMATE-RELATED
CHALLENGES.
32. MALNUTRITION: THE STATE OF INADEQUATE OR IMBALANCED
NUTRITION, RESULTING IN HEALTH ISSUES AND COMPROMISED
WELL-BEING, OFTEN EXACERBATED BY DISRUPTIONS TO FOOD
SUPPLIES.

33. DIARRHEAL DISEASE: AN ILLNESS CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT

LOOSE OR WATERY STOOLS, COMMONLY CAUSED BY CONTAMINATED
WATER OR FOOD SOURCES, POSING RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

34. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: THE PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION

OF ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DUE TO VARIOUS
ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION,
AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION, CAUSING LONG-LASTING ECOLOGICAL
IMBALANCES.

35. FORCED MIGRATION: THE INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF

POPULATIONS FROM THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, OFTEN DRIVEN
BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, POSING
CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY.

36. CIVIL CONFLICT: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DISPUTES ARISING FROM

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS, INCLUDING RESOURCE SCARCITY AND
FORCED MIGRATION, CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED TENSIONS AND
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.

37. MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS RESULTING

FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, ENCOMPASSING STRESS, ANXIETY,
AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY PREVALENT IN REGIONS
FACING SEVERE CLIMATE-RELATED CHALLENGES.