Climate Change

Question 1

What impact does climate change have on health?

Answer 1

The fundamental requirements for health - clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.

Question 2

Extreme high air temperatures contribute directly to deaths from

Answer 2

Cardiovascular and respiratory disease

Question 3

More than half the worlds population live within

Answer 3

60km from the sea

Question 4

Changing rainfall patterns will affect

Answer 4

Freshwater supplies,
increasing risks and season of water borne diseases.
Food supply shortage due to droughts

Question 5

2009 WHO endorsed a new working plan for climate change

Answer 5

Advocacy
Partnership
Science and evidence
Health system strengthening

Question 6

To raise awareness that climate change is a fundamental threat to human health

Answer 6

Advocacy

Question 7

To coordinate reviews of scientific evidence on the links between climate change and health and develop a global research agenda

Answer 7

Science and evidence

Question 8

To coordinate with partner agencies within the UNITED system and ensure that health is properly represented in the climate change agenda

Answer 8

Partnership

Question 9

To assist countries to assess their health vulnerabilities and build capacity to reduce health vulnerability to climate change

Answer 9

Health system strengthening

Question 10

Global warming has acceleratedT over 0.18*c per decade over last 25years mostly from

Answer 10

Burning of fossil fuel