Climate change and human health

• Increased mortality, disease and injuries from heat waves and other extreme weather events; • Continued change in the range of some infectious disease vectors (i.e. 260-320 million more cases of malaria predicted by 2080, with six billion more at risk for dengue fever); • Effects on food yieldsincreased malnutrition; • Increased flooding in some areas and increased droughts in others, along with other impacts on freshwater supply; • Increases in foodborne and waterborne illnesses; • Warming and rising sea levels adding to displacement and also impacting water supply through salination; • Impaired functioning of ecosystems; • Negative effects on air quality associated with ground level ozone, including increases in cardio-respiratory morbidity and mortality, asthma, and allergens; • Displacement of vulnerable populations (especially in coastal areas)1; and • Loss of livelihoods.