Climate change is likely to kill 250,000 people by 2030

Q.  Climate change is likely to kill how many people each year by 2030, according to a latest WHO assessment?
- Published on 11 Jul 16

a. 250,400
b. 240,000
c. 250,000
d. None of the above

ANSWER: 250,000
 
Climate change will kill around 250,000 more people each year by 2030, latest assessment by the WHO shows.
  • Many of these deaths are caused by malaria, heat stress, malnutrition and diarrhoea disease.
  • India is expected to contribute significantly to the global death toll.
  • Heaviest burden of climate change will fall on elderly, children and women as well as the poor creating further health inequalities
  • UN agency has set up an agenda and proposed key actions for implementation during the recent Paris meet.
  • WHO estimates that climate change is causing tens of thousands of death every year
  • Deaths arise from epidemics like cholera and dengue as well as extreme weather events.

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