Children wear masks because of record air pollution in Delhi, India - Photo: Hindustan Times Accordingly, if greenhouse gas emissions con...
Children wear masks because of record air pollution in Delhi, India - Photo: Hindustan Times
Accordingly, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, babies will face a world warmer than 4 degrees Celsius at 71 years old. This increases the risk of infectious diseases such as diarrhea, dengue fever and diseases of the heart and lungs.
Children today will have to breathe in the air polluted by fossil fuels, causing reduced lung function, aggravating asthma and increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke.
Besides direct health risks, climate change also causes extreme and extreme weather events such as severe floods, prolonged drought or forest fires.
The Lancet closed the report with an urgent call to action to protect the health of the next generation by eliminating coal-fired thermal power and using renewable energy. This is to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius;
Developing public transportation, encouraging and facilitating cycling; investing in the health system; Developed countries make international climate finance commitments to help low-income countries.
Ms. Phoenix
