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In the report, the researchers warn that climate change will lead to food shortages, floods, fires and disease, which together will have a negative impact on public health.
This year’s report shows the most worrying future prospects so far. Climate change is hampering a health crisis that threatens all continents, countries and societies. No one remains intact, “the report’s authors say in a film released in connection with the report according to the radio.
Swedish Joacim Rocklöv, professor of epidemiology at Umeå University, is one of the researchers who compiled the report and he
– There is a great risk in the future, in any case, that much of the progress we have made in health risks, especially worldwide, will be lost due to climate change. And the effects of climate change are remarkable both for society and health and through society for health, he tells Vetenskapsradion.
“We must act”
But all is not black in the report, as researchers hope that humanity will learn from the corona pandemic and adapt to the climate before it is too late.
According to Karin Lundgren Kownacki, a climate adaptation analyst at SMHI, the pandemic has caused public health issues to receive more attention, but she is still concerned.
– Addressing climate challenges can also be an opportunity. We must act, and we must act within the next five years. We are living in a critical decade. But it’s a grim report, that’s all. It doesn’t look good, he tells the radio.
