Impact of Climate Change in Health in Colombia and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation - Executive Summary (English)

Climate change has been called the most important threatto human health in the 21st century. It is estimated that if thetemperature rises and its impact on the other climatic variablescontinues unchanged, it will kill more than 83 million people(1 percent of the world’s population) in the next 80 years (Wattset al. 2020)—13 times the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic (WorldHealth Organization 2023). Historically, only pandemics or worldwars have posed...
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  • World Bank;

  • 2023/09/30

  • Report

  • 185108

  • 1

  • Colombia,

  • Latin America and Caribbean,

  • 2024/01/09

  • Disclosed

  • Impact of Climate Change in Health in Colombia and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation - Executive Summary

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World Bank.

Impact of Climate Change in Health in Colombia and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation - Executive Summary (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099100523115529283

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