Climate Change and Human Health Impacts

This assignment examines the profound impact of climate change on global health. It discusses the rise in waterborne, vector-borne, and heat-related illnesses attributed to environmental changes. The text also analyzes the physiological and psychological effects of extreme weather events on human well-being, highlighting vulnerable populations like women, children, and those living below the poverty line. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of raising public awareness about climate change and advocating for government initiatives to mitigate its adverse health consequences.

Running head: IMPACT AND AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH
Impact and Awareness of Climate Change on Health
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1IMPACT AND AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH
One of the biggest threats of recent times on humankind is the global climate change,
which is taking tolls on the health of the common people worldwide. The impact of climate
change on the human health and environment is making a further influence in numerous
aspects on social changes. The recent climate change is making the environment warm
because of the universal global warming effect.
The all-over effect of the climate change increases many sensitive diseases like
waterborne disease, vector borne diseases and heat related diseases. There are even airborne
diseases, which causes from the effect of polluted air, are related to many extreme weather
conditions like fires and windstorm. Mixing of floodwater with natural drinking water source
is the cause of spreading of most of the waterborne aliments like cholera and Diarrhea. The
changed climate increased difficulties accessing the quality water source, which in turn made
it complicated for people accessing it. The global warming increased the overall temperature
of the world and contributed to the breeding of many insects and mosquitoes, which
increased the number of people suffering from diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Zika (Watts
et al. 2015).
The global climate change also has many physiological effects on the human body.
The extreme weather conditions as extreme hot or extreme cold can stop many biological
function on human body that are necessary for living. The climate change can even affect any
human psychologically. It is a well-known fact that stress and anxiety has a relation with
global environmental change (Campbell-Lendrum et al. 2015).
The population who are susceptible and vulnerable to the environmental factors are
generally called sensitive population. As most of the world population is poor and at the
below poverty level, they are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

2IMPACT AND AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH
Women and children are more susceptible to the diseases related climate change such as
many topical diseases and waterborne diseases. The children and the pregnant women are
susceptible to diseases such as allergies and asthma, which happens due to the climate
change. The climate sensitivity of human health often gives rise to many cardiovascular
diseases like chest pain and many acute coronary syndromes such as cardiac arrhythmia and
stroke.
To save the world from the adverse effects of climate change, raising the common
people’s awareness about it is important. All countries including Australia have conducted
many environmental awareness campaigns and the Government should take initiative to
engage more people in these awareness programs. As all knows, Australia is the first country
in the world to conduct an environmental movement as a political movement (Vardoulakis et
al. 2014). The Australian government has to start conducting many more awareness
programs via social media (Watts et al. 2015).
Because of the temperature increase and heat waves, many people died in Parth
Australia for over the period of 1994 to 2008 and the mortality rate increased by 9.8% per
day and the reported temperature rise was 10 degree C over the threshold level. The deaths
were caused by heat strokes and dehydrations (Williams et al. 2012).
To conclude with, the global climate change has affecting the health of the people
worldwide including Australia. The Government can recommend many actions by raising
many awareness control programs and by promoting healthy living.

3IMPACT AND AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH
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