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Publication: The Cost of Inaction: Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Cross Posting

Created Dec 02 2024, 3:47 PM by Bruce Summers

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New Report: The Cost of Inaction: Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Health in LMICs

 

This report addressed the knowledge gap and provide a deeper understanding of the interconnection between climate and health, in terms of the risks to human health and the economic burden of these risks. Specifically, it offers a quantitative assessment of the potential impacts of climate change based on the number of cases and the number of deaths resulting from selected vector- and water-borne diseases, stunting, and extreme heat. An assessment of the economic cost of climate change on health (in terms of both morbidity and mortality) is also provided. The analysis covers 69 LMICs with national populations exceeding 10 million people in the base year 2020. These 69 countries comprise 96 percent of the total population of all LMICs. The report was launched at COP29 (Watch the event recording).

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“World Bank. 2024. The Cost of Inaction: Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42419 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”

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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42419

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