Climate Change and Health: The Effects of Heat
- Abstract
Climate change is real and is caused primarily by human activity, especially burning fossil fuels. As ocean and air temperatures rise, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Human health suffers as a result. What is truly needed for health is a cool, stable climate.
- Resource Type
- Factsheet/pamphlet
- Author
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
- Date
- May 2014
- Institution
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Heat illness/extreme temperature
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Heat