Analysis: How Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration Could Halve Climate Change’s Adverse Health Effects
By Shyam Bishen, Oliver Eitelwein
Over the next 25 years, there will be an additional 14.5 million deaths and significantly decreased quality of life as a result of climate-related events like droughts, flooding and rising sea levels, as well as spikes in diseases aggravated by global warming. Alongside $12.5 trillion in economic losses, healthcare costs would rise by $1.1 trillion.
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Source: World Economic Forum (link opens in a new window)
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