I believe strongly that to elicit the action we need, we must reframe climate change as a health issue. The effects of climate change on the atmosphere, polar ice caps and sea levels are serious and significant, but for many people they aren’t close enough to home.
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However, the effects of climate change on human health are much more immediate, including death and disease caused by extreme weather events, heat stress, waterborne and foodborne diseases, malnutrition and more.
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This is especially true in the Pacific, where extreme weather events and environmental changes are increasingly common, and communities are more vulnerable.
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I urge the whole world to commit to save lives, cut carbon emissions, clean our air and invest in
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in case you missed it, here is another short article/editorial highlighting the same problems across Pacific Island nations. Saving the Pacific islands from extinction | The Lancet, Aug 03https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31722-2/fulltext …
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Plant mangrove trees to help create habitat and act as a barrier for the Island
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