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Climate change will affect human health
While plans to take action on climate change have been shelved by our federal government in favour of health agendas, we are reminded that there are intrinsic links between the two.
Research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reiterates the links between climate change and human health.
Professor Steven Sherwood of the University of NSW says while heat-related deaths among the elderly and young already occur, global warming will result in more of the population suffering.
"What we're talking about here is something a bit different - these limits apply to a healthy person," he says.
"The places that heat stress will be highest are places near sea level and at lower latitudes and that's where people live," says Sherwood.
"This includes Amazonia; most of China; India; Indonesia; pretty much all of South East Asia; eastern United States; northern Australia and parts of Africa."
The study also mentions the impact higher temperatures will have on livestock.
Most of the above information has been taken from Darren Osborne's article on the ABC Science website, which provides a good summary of the research, or you can access the research at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
We'd like to urge all our politicians, business leaders, planners and engineers to address climate change issues now to reduce the likelihood of dangerous climate change and associated health impacts into the future.