Did you know that in the past three decades, the percentage of Americans with asthma has more than doubled, and climate change is putting those Americans at greater risk of landing in the hospital?
Through several measures to cut carbon pollution we can protect the health of our Nation, while inspiring the economy and helping to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Climate change can be a motorist of disease migration, as well as exacerbate health effects resulting from the release of toxic air pollutants in vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and those with asthma or cardiovascular disease.
Dangerous climate conditions such as high wind, heavy rainfall, heat and cold can result in wide-ranging scenarios such as tropical storms, floods, landslides, droughts and sea-level rise. These occasions would cause different impacts, communities and government would be loaded with having to make reparations to individuals for property damage and loss, unemployment, clean-up, and reduced socioeconomic viability of the communities affected.
Therefor to avoid more dangerous changes, steps can be taken to reduce climate change “mitigation” and reduce its impacts on our health and the health of future generations “adaptation”. Mitigation refers to actions being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to enhance the sinks that trap or remove carbon from the atmosphere. Adaptation refers to actions being taken to diminish the impact on health and the environment due to changes that cannot be prevented through mitigation.
Some of these steps can yield benefits for our health, environment, economy, and society at the same time.
Through several measures to cut carbon pollution we can protect the health of our Nation, while inspiring the economy and helping to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Climate change can be a motorist of disease migration, as well as exacerbate health effects resulting from the release of toxic air pollutants in vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and those with asthma or cardiovascular disease.
Dangerous climate conditions such as high wind, heavy rainfall, heat and cold can result in wide-ranging scenarios such as tropical storms, floods, landslides, droughts and sea-level rise. These occasions would cause different impacts, communities and government would be loaded with having to make reparations to individuals for property damage and loss, unemployment, clean-up, and reduced socioeconomic viability of the communities affected.
Therefor to avoid more dangerous changes, steps can be taken to reduce climate change “mitigation” and reduce its impacts on our health and the health of future generations “adaptation”. Mitigation refers to actions being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to enhance the sinks that trap or remove carbon from the atmosphere. Adaptation refers to actions being taken to diminish the impact on health and the environment due to changes that cannot be prevented through mitigation.
Some of these steps can yield benefits for our health, environment, economy, and society at the same time.