Analysis of Climate Change's Global and Local Health Implications

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the health implications of climate change from both global and local perspectives. It begins with an introduction to climate change, discussing its causes and its impact on human health, including various skin diseases, psychiatric issues, and ve...Read More

GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH

Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................3
Health issues due to climate change................................................................................................3
Potential changes on the planet........................................................................................................5
Impact of climate changes on different parts of the world..............................................................7
Methods to mitigate against climate changes..................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10
References...........................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather pattern. It may explain
modifications in normal weather conditions in the world. It is caused by various factors like
variations in solar radiation received by earth, biotic processes, volcanic eruptions as well as plate
tectonics (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013). It is the reason of health issues of people due to climate
changes in national or international level. It is main cause of many skin and other diseases in the
humans. The present file also represents changes on earth due to environment change in the nation
or world. It presents arguments to the social and political system on the international and national
level. It shows impact of climate changes on various parts of world. In addition, it introduces
solutions to reduce this impact in all countries.
Climate change is directly connected to the wider social and political systems on the
national or global level. Mainly, all countries are responsible for this change by emitting lot of
carbon dioxide gas in the environment. Generally, every country is using eco resources for its
benefits in the world (Martens, 2014). These things are decreasing balance structure of earth. For
example, all nations are developing factories for making new type of products. These things are
main reasons to emit Co2 gas in the climate. They are increasing temperature of earth. As a result,
because of this, climate is changing fast in the world. These things reveal interconnection of social
and political systems on the domestic and global level.
Health issues due to climate change
There are many health issues due to environment changes in national or world level which is
represented below in the paragraph.
Climate changes also affect temperature that is raising extreme heat and cold in the United
Kingdom. These things are increasing various types of diseases like skin diseases as well as
psychiatric issues in the nation (Ravishankara, Dawson and Winner, 2012). As per case study of
department of health of UK, heat-related deaths are increased by 2000 cases per year in the nation.
Further, food poisoning issues are enhanced by 10000 cases per annum. It also gives rise to vector-
borne diseases which is creating bad impact on the health of people in the UK. In addition, water-
borne illness has increased in comparison of before in United Kingdom. Climate changes issues are
also giving rise to skin cancer which is increased by 5000 cases per year in the nation. These
complexities are affecting the activities of government of United Kingdom (Health Effects of
Climate Change in the UK. 2001). As a result, they are increasing health budget due to climate
changes in the nation. Health Authorities are putting more efforts in reducing threat level which is
increasing social issues. In addition, people of country are suffering with many problems like health
and mental illness. As per case, disease level in people is increasing comparison to previous year
due to environmental changes in the United Kingdom. Same health issues are occurring in many

countries. They interconnect global and national level problems
In many developing countries health issues are increasing as comparison of before in the
world. For example, In India, Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Climate change
also increases the temperature of this city (Arnell and Gosling, 2013). These things also increase
many health related issues in this urban field. They are increasing skin, lungs as well as Kidney
problems in the Delhi. They also affect life of people due to lot of air pollution in this area. In
addition, waste material of factories is also polluting water resources of this city. This scrap is
increasing water-borne illness in this area. It also creates shortage of water supply in the Delhi.
According to Dhara, Schramm and Luber, (2013), malaria, dengue, water-borne as well as cholera
cases are raised due to environment change as compare to before in India. These diseases are the
main reason behind thousand deaths of many people per year due to climate change. This process
also affects political system of India. It is increasing expenses of government in this country (Dhara,
Schramm and Luber, 2013). In the health sector, operations of Authorities are increased as compare
to previous years.
For example, all nations are facing 400-500 million malaria cases. In those cases, 1 in
million patients die worldwide due to climate change. These things show connection between social
and political system on the national and international level (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013).
According to world health organization, Japan is also suffering with health related issues.
Many of people are suffering from various diseases like Skin cancer, vector-borne, malaria as well
as dengue in the nation. This process is also creating many issues for social system in the country.
Life of people is affected due to climate change in the Japan. It also impacts the Japanese authorities
in the nation (Vermeulen, Campbell and Ingram, 2012). Due to this reason, government of this
country is more concentrating on health sector to reduce these issues. These operations are also
raised expenses of nation.
According to Kan (2011), Chinese government is facing many health related issues in the
nation. Climate is changing rapidly in this nation due to higher frequency of manufacturing
industries in the country. These things are raising air pollution in the china by emitting more Co2
gas. They are increasing temperature of climate in the nation. As per National Development and
Reform Commission, China’s temperature is increasing which is 0.5 degree – 0.8 degree Celsius per
year. It is creating many types of diseases which are generating bad impacts on Chinese citizens. As
per data, Government of china is also suffering from malaria, dengue as well as Angiostrongylus
cantonensis infection. These issues are producing social problem in the nation. People of country
are facing many problems regarding health issues which are affecting their average age. These
complexities also create bad effect on working efficiency of humans in the China. In addition, they

are affecting the operation of government by increasing health budget in the nation (Kan, 2011).
This process also indicates that many nations are suffering from health issues due to environment
changes in the world.. In addition, there are many countries such as Japan, West Africa as well as
Germany which are facing same heath issues due to climate change in the world.
Potential changes on the planet
If all nations continue all these activities in the planet then it can face many changes due to
climate changes. There are various changes which are changing the environment of world. It is
described below the paragraph.
Increase the Sea level
Climate changes are melting glaciers due to greenhouse effect in the world. This is due to
high emission of Co2 gas in the atmosphere. This thing is increasing temperature of world which is
main causes for glacier melting and because of this sea level is also increasing. This threat is also
increasing chances of tornadoes, high degree of storm in the world (Alongi, 2015). As per Nasa
space technology, Sea level will increase up to 1 to 4 feet by end of 21th century. This threat can also
increase chances of tornadoes, high degree of storm as well as floods in the world. In addition, if all
nations continue these activities then Hurricanes can be stronger as comparison of previous years in
the world. So United Kingdom can be affected with these conditions. This process can also impact
social and political systems in the nation. They can affect life of people in the country. Government
of UK can also get financial loss of public properties which can increase its expenses to repair .
Increasing sea level can increase this type of threat in other countries. Many nations like china,
West Africa, Japan and India etc can suffer with these types of issues which can affect activities of
individual government (Walker and Salt, 2012). This also reflects the interconnection of social and
political system on the national and global level.
Season variations
Potential changes are affecting orbital variation which directly createvariation which directly
creates bad effect on weather distribution in the world. This is the reason behind These things also
become reason of heavy rain and draught indraught in the United Kingdom. If all the countries
continue with these activities then it can change the season variation more as compared to
beforeison of before in the world (Archibold, 2012). In addition, high rain can create flood in
manyin many area of UK which can affect social life of people in the nation. Further, it can impact
the government operations in the nation. This type of threat can increase the increases the chance of
chances of epidemics which can create health issues for citizens of the Country.
For example, United Kingdom has also suffered with these this kindkinds of issues in 2013-
14 winter floodfloods in the nation. South of Britain was projected with heavy rainfalls which

included with these violent storm and which created widespread flooding, power cuts as well as
higher disturbance to transport. There were many areas which were impacted like Somerset, Devon,
Dorset and Cornwall in the south west and the Thames Valley due to climate change in the nation.
This also thing also affects social and political activities in the United Kingdom (Li, Yang, Yang
and Lam, 2012, 2012). Similar complexities are also faced by many countries in the world.
For example, India also faced flood situation due to environmental changes within Kashmir
state in the year 2014. Due to this threat, many people suffered from were affected severe problems
like power cuts in the India. In the flood, approximate 2000 people were killed in this state. 2550
villages were impacted due to this issuething. Flood also affected social life of people in the
Kashmir region. It also created bad impact on operations of the government in the India. In
addition, it generated millions dollars loss in the nation due to this flood. These things also show
that Government of United Kingdom and other countries are facing same problem regarding
weather which reveal connection of social and political system on nationalon national and global
level (Flood alert in Kashmir, 2015.).
For example, United State of America also faced this flood issues in its mid west area in
2013 due to environment changes. There occurred Top degree of thunderstorms, Heavy rainfall as
well as flash flooding across many Midwest states in April 2013. This tragedy affects the life of
many people in the nation. It also destroydestroys all crops of farmers which affect the is created
bad impact on the financial income of many people in the United States. Further, it also affects the
It affects operations of government in flood areas (Dalfes, , Kukla andKukla and Weiss, 2013).
These things directlythings directly reveal link in social and political system on the global and
domesticlocal level.
Ozone Depletion and increasingand increasing Greenhouse gases
Potential changes also affect the layer of earth. Mainly, ozone is highly affected due to
climate changes in the world. It creates hole in this layer which becomes way of Ultraviolet rays in
the earth. If all nations will not take any type of action to reduce this activities then this gap can be
increased more in the world (Thomas andThomas and et.al., 2014). This thing is increasing the
temperature of this planet. It is also one of reason for glacier melting in the world. This thing also
affects social and political system on nationalon national and international level by increasing
temperature of all countries.
Potential changes are increasing the gases of greenhouse in the earth. This thing also
increases the temperature of the planet which can create problem for the human to live in all to live
life for humans in the all counties. The main reason of increasing this gases is emission of carbon
dioxide in all nations (Portier and et.al., 2013). If all nations continuescontinue these kindkinds of
operations then it can increase the temperature of world. This problem also affects social life of

people in every nation. In addition, it also createcreates bad effect on government of each country. it
proves that This things also prove that there is direct connect of social and political systems on the
global and domestic level.
Impact of climate changes on different parts of the world
The effects of the climate changes had been foreseen by the scientists in the past. From the
above discussion, it has been found that climate change is already responsible for transforming to
transform the life on Earth from the beginning. The changes which are witnessed is potential
changes of due to this are shifting in seasons, increasing the increase the sea level because of
increasing of rising in temperature, high intense heat waves etc (Climate change: Threats and
impacts. 2015). The major impact impacts of change in climate arechange in climate is as follows.
The heat trapping gases emitted by the various kinds of industries such as auto-mobiles,
power plants etc has increased the warming level on the earth (Climate change: Threats and
impacts,. 2015). This has increased the The impact of this is increase the death and illness rates,
increased increase storm intensity, changed change in sea level and many other types of dangerous
impacts of climate change has been witnessed . From the various resources, it has been found that in
20th century, the averagethe average temperature of the Earth has increased by one degree F which
is more than the has more than from the last 4 past centuries. For example, in 2003, the uttermost
waves of heat haswaves of heat have caused more than 20000 deaths in Europe and in India, the
number of dead people was 1500 (Climate change: Threats and impacts,. 2015). The reason of
behind the death of the people was the has found that the climate change in both the nations. This
change were increased the increasing the spread of infection diseases because in the warm
temperature, the many types of microbes of diseases are more born and survive survives as compare
to cold weather (Alongi, 2015, 2015).
Another impact of climate change is wildlife at risk stage. and Iit has been estimated that if
the actions are not taken in the taking in the present time to stop the climate change than one fourth
of the species of the Earth will be headed at the stage of extinction. Due to the change in the
climate, the vegetation weather patterns ispatterns are changing now becomes changing over the
time. This thing has forced forces the various species to migrate or travel to cool and new place to
survive in the world for the long time. In 1999, the last Golden Toad species of Central America
was dead because of the climate change. Due to the melting of ice cubes on the mountains in the
Arctic, the number of polar bears becomes decreased. It has been estimated that they may get
extinct may be vanished from the Earth in the near few years if the climate change changes will take
place with the double speed. On the other hand, the impact impacts of climate changes are presently
visible in US different regions. In the Northeast region, increase in intensity of the increase intense
of heat waves, increasinge sea levels and heavy downpours has created the strong challenges for the

community and the local government. Due to this, the infrastructure of the Northeast, agriculture,
ecosystems and fisheries has been affected. The similar issues related to climate changes have also
faced by other US regions (U.S. regional effects. 2015).
In Victoria cityCity, the changes in the climate haschanges in the climate have made the
negative impacts on the different areas. Due to this, the water resources have become are becomes
more vulnerable with the increase demand. Along with this, the crops and livestockslivestock
hashave also decreased because of the climate change. It has directly or indirectly impacted the
direct and indirect made the economic and social effects on Victoria cityCity (Impacts of climate
changes. 2013). It had also affected the ecosystems of the state in terms of extinction of the
different kinds of fisheries species. On the other hand, the climate changes haschanges have also
affected the biodiversity of Victoria in the most negative manner. The result of this is it has
effectedaffected the distribution of the various animals and plants in the many areas of city (Impacts
of climate changes,. 2013). It has created imbalance in the unbalance in the ecosystems and it has
increased the frequency of the floods and storms in the Victoria., Hhigher level of air pollution has,
increased the temperature level day by day etc. The impacts of all these activities hasimpacts of all
these activities have affected the health of the community in terms of term s of increase in the
intensity of the numerous kinds of diseases. In this respect, the government is also facing various
has also faced the many challenges to resolve the issues which hasissues which have increased the
burden on them (Impacts of climate changes,. 2013).
Another real life example of impact of climate change is alteration in ecological system of
US. Edith's checkerspotchecker spot butterfly is a kind of specie which is found in has found in
Pacific Coastlines near US. Before the 100 years ago, the climate change changes in the US had
abruptly affected the following kind of butterfly. The dynamic alterations in the climate trends and
seasonal variations wasalterations in the climate trends and seasonal variations were the major
reasons for extinction of of vanish of Edith's checkerspotchecker spot butterfly from the Earth.
Other example related to changes in ecological systems of US is extinction of fisheries in Pacific
Ocean (Examples of ecological impacts of climate changes in the United State,. 2008). The periodic
cycles of climate change had affected the entire ocean ecosystems. The result of this a new dead
zone that has been created in Pacific Northwest coasts of Washington and Oregon. In this area, the
oxygen level in the water is not has not sufficient to support the marine life. This has created the a
suffocated environment in the water for the water spices whothat are unable to swim in the water.
The following dead zone has been created in summer of 2002 and from that year, it is appearing
every year at the same time. This situation remained same is remain same for the four months and
covered two third part of the water. In this condition, the oxygen level become becomes zero and

due to this many of the fisheries die off in the dead zone (Examples of ecological impacts of climate
changes in the United State,. 2008).
Therefore, from the above study, it has been concluded that many nations have suffered with
the serious issues because of the climate changes. It has directly impacted the made the impact on
the social life of the people. The impact of climate changes in the various areas of world areimpact
of climate changes in the various areas of world is more worst. The implications of it are that it is
has directly connected with the social and political systems at the local, national and international
level (Archibold, 2012, 2012).
Methods to mitigate against climate changes
There are many suggestionsuggestions which can be implemented by all nationnations in the world.
It can also help in reducing the reduce the climate change in the nation.
The government and society of the different nations is required to take have required to take
some serious steps in the direction of minimizing the impacts of climate changes. In this context,
the additional adaption measures is required to are needed to reduce the reduced the adverse effects
of estimated climate changes at the national and international level (Li, Yang and Lam, 2012).
There are several methods which can help in mitigatinge against climate changes. These which are
as follows.
Demand reduction: By cutting down the demand of energy with the help of conservation as well as
decreasing the decrease the consumption level, the use of natural resources can be reduced with the
time. It has reduced the carbon level in the environment because it the major reason for increase in
the of increase the alteration in in the climate in the dynamic manner (Dalfes, , Kukla and Weiss,
2013).
Promoting GO GREEN concept: The government has to promote the GO GREEN idea in the
nation in which it can explain the various disadvantages of using those objects which are creating
the pollution in the environment (Ravishankara, Dawson, Dawson and Winner, 2012, 2012). Along
with this, by developing the highly effective efficiency cars, adopting mass transit, purchasing
longer and durable products, reducing the wastage of food etc will be help in mitigate the impacts of
climate changes. The monetary and non-monetary initiatives of the government and the people can
also bring the changes in the behaviour of using the natural resources. It will help in developing the
stable climate in the world which will be more beneficial for both community and the environment
(Kille, 2014).
Renewal energy: It can be best resource to overcome the effect of climate change in the all
countries. Mainly, all nationnations can emphasize to adopt this process to decrease the
environmental pollution. Renewal energy contains huge resources to generate energy in the country

(Smith, and et.al., 2012). There are variousis also reasons forto usinge this kind of method in the
world. All nations use thermal power plant to generate the electrical energy which consumes so
much coal. This process also emitThis process also emits also lot of Carbon dioxide gases in the
climate which is becoming one of the main reasonreasons for environment change in the nation.
United Kingdom can also use this approach to reduce carbon emission (Kan, Chen, Chen and Tong,
2012). For example, Government of UK can generate electrical energy from wind, solar and
hydrolichydraulic method. This process can contribute effective role forrole nation to reduce effect
of climate. This thing can help the country to generate positive impact on the social system. With
the help of this thing, health issues can be reduced. People of UK can live long life. Renewal energy
can also leave leaves positive impact on political system (Stern, 2013). Government of nation can
get huge benefits to reduce carbon level which can improve the climate. For example, India can use
solar, wind as well as bio gas resources to generate electrical energy in the large scale. This method
can also aid this nation to reduce environmental pollution in many cities. This process can also
leave positive effect in social as well as political system. Indian people can face less health
problems as compare to comparison of previous years. It can contribute effective role in reducing to
reduce pollution level which is the main main reason of climate change in the India (Mokany and
et.al., 2015). These things represent relation of social and political system on domestic as well as
global level.
Plantation :Plantation: It can be the most appropriate method to reduce the climate change in the
world. All nationnations can plant many trees to improve the environment. Plants can absorb the
Co2 gases in the place. This process can also help the all countries to maintain the temperature level
(Field, 2012). For example, Government of United Kingdom can plant many trees to reduce climate
change. This approach can contribute effective role for nation to balance the appropriate
temperature. With the help of this thing, country can reduce its pollution level. This method can also
create positive impact on political and social system in the UK (Rombouts and et.al., 2012). People
of nation can face less issues regarding climate change. Government of country can feel reliability
regarding environmental change by using the plantation method. Many other countries can plant
trees for its better future. This method can aid the many nations to maintain the temperature. For
example, China can use this approach to reduce its pollution level which is the main reason of
environment change. This process can assist the aid the nation to reduce the temperature. It can
affect the positively to the social and political systems in the country (Hueging and et.al., 2013).
Plantation can help people to reduce the level of diseases in the china. It can help the Chinese
authorities to reduce the health expenses in the country. So this approachesthese approaches also
show direct connection of social along with political system on the national and global level.

CONCLUSION
From the study it can be concluded that climate change is a very crucial aspect which that is
affecting the overall environment of the entire world. It is further to be remembered that climate
change is directly linked with social and political systems presentwhich is there at national or global
level. Hence, the need is to give emphasis on the phenomenon of climate change from all possible
areas so as to curb the issue in the best possible manner. In this regard, it can be recommended that
an attempt should be made to mitigate the issue by undertaking proper measures for the same.

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