Bad for development: the health impacts of climate change

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"As the effects of climate change are increasingly experienced around the world, the impacts of on health become clearer and deeper. In 2009, The Lancet stated climate change as ?the biggest global health threat of the 21st century?. Both physical and mental health, as well as health systems, are affected, including from extreme weather events such as flooding, weakened infrastructure, depleted agricultural production, pollution, forced migration and destroyed livelihoods..."

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Eldis

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2014-09-16

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English

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