Climate Change as a Threat to Health: Family Medicine Call to Action and Response

Climate change and health risks.

Note. An overview of climate-sensitive health risks, their exposure pathways and vulnerability factors. Climate change impacts health both directly and indirectly, and is strongly mediated by environmental, social, and public health determinants.¹

Reprinted from World Health Organization (WHO). Climate change and health. Accessed Feb 17, 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health