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The global impacts of climate change on human health

Human health is intimately linked to the environment in which people live. Even in ordinary times human beings are sensitive to climate fluctuations and climate variability. Today, however, we are not just talking about climate variability, but about climate change which is the product of the widespread global warming which has been closely studied by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the last 20 years or more. In its latest scientific assessment and report at the end of the year 2007 the IPCC concluded that ‘global warming is unequivocal, as seen by the widespread melting of ice in the temperate latitudes, the shrinking of glaciers world-wide, global sea level rise, and the increase in the occurrence of extreme events in many parts of the world, all of which are occurring virtually simultaneously’. What we are talking about is the projected gradual rise in global temperatures which will be as much as 5oC by the year 2100, with even higher figures expected to be experienced in the higher latitudes (up to 7oC), in addition to sea level rise of up to 1 metre by the end of this century. These changes are expected to trigger erratic increases in amounts and intensity of precipitation, as well as triggering such extreme events such as droughts, floods, heat waves, high winds, cyclones and ice melts in glaciated regions including tropical mountain regions of the world.