Impact of climate change on environmental health: Challenges and opportunities to improve quality of life
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https://doi.org/10.61511/educo.v1i1.2024.376Keywords:
climate change, environmental health, human healthAbstract
Global climate change has become an urgent and complex issue in this modern era. In addition to its broad impact on the environment, climate change also has significant implications for human health. This article describes the relationship between climate change and environmental health, and identifies challenges and opportunities in addressing its impacts. Research shows that climate change is contributing to increasing global temperatures, extreme weather patterns, and overall environmental change. These impacts can affect air, water and soil quality, and increase the risk of communicable diseases, allergies, respiratory diseases and other chronic diseases. In addition, climate change can also affect food availability, food security, and the distribution of disease vectors such as mosquitoes that carry viruses. This presents new challenges in maintaining public health and dealing with threats related to climate change. However, amidst these challenges, there are also opportunities to improve quality of life and reduce the negative impacts of climate change on environmental health. Implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, developing renewable energy, preventing air pollution, sustainable water management, and disease monitoring and control, are some of the steps that can be taken to protect public health. In addition, public education and awareness about the relationship between climate change and environmental health also needs to be increased. With a better understanding of these impacts, society can engage in collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adopt sustainable practices, and protect environmental health.
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