Climate Facts: Climate change causes 37% heat-related deaths, says WHO

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can be difficult to understand.

TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straightforward explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 37 percent of heat-related deaths is due to human-induced climate change.
• Heat-related deaths among people over the age of 65 have risen by seventy percent in two decades, the organisation said.
• According to WHO, the direct climate change damage costs to health — excluding costs in health-determining sectors such as agriculture and water and sanitation — is estimated to be between $2 to 4 billion per year by 2030.
• Climate stressors such as coastal flooding heighten the risks of waterborne and foodborne disease.
• 600 million people suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, with children under 5 bearing thirty percent of foodborne fatalities, according to WHO.