This guide focuses on the effects that climate change has on health and healthcare.

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The Costs of Climate Change

The Cost of Climate Change

Human
- WHO estimates an 250,000 additional deaths between 2030-2050 because of complications caused by climate change.
  Currently, 150,000 deaths annually are caused by climate change

Financial
- By the year 2030 (according to the World Health Organization) the cost of direct damage to health is estimated to be between $2-4 billion/year.