Impacts On Human Health
q Under climate change scenarios, there would be a net
increase in the geographic range of potential transmission
of malaria and dengue–two vector-borne infections each of
which currently impinge on 40-50% of the world
population.
q Extensive experience makes clear that any increase in
flooding will increase the risk of drowning, diarrhoeal and
respiratory diseases, and, in developing countries, hunger
and malnutrition.