IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND COVID-19 ON HEALTH

Dr Parin Somani Independent Academic Scholar, India, pusomani7@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract

This study aims to extend and synthesise current evidence on the impact of climate change and covid-19 on human health. A systematic literature review is carried out by means of a thorough literature search, utilising electronic and manual databases. Results have identified the following impacts of climate change on human health: Infections, natural disasters, and heat.Climate change and the covid-19 pandemic both share commonalities of human activity and environmental degradation with highlighted disparities relating to the marginalised and poorest people in societies globally, including migrants and refugees. Decreasing climate change requires significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This is possible through changing behaviours towards an enabling environment, by making better choices relating to energy use, transport, waste generation, transport, consumption, habitat, food, and sanitation. It is only by working together that we can reduce the impact of climate change and covid-19 on our health.

Keywords:

Climate change, Covid-19, Global warming, Health, Pandemic


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