U.S. State Department Bureau of International Information, “American Reference” Yasmine Alotaibi in Washington, two scientists that climate is faster than the expected changes, and has begun to have a negative impact on health. National Wildlife Federation (National Wildlife Federation) climate scientist Amanda ∙ Stout (Amanda Staudt) and Harvard Medical School Health and the Global Environment Research Center (Center for Health and the Global Environment), Deputy Director, Tropical Public Health Experts ∙ Paul Epstein (Paul Epstein) common out Xiwudeluo ∙ Wilson International Center for Scholars (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) “organized by the health plan to address climate change,” the meeting and expressed his views on climate change.
Stout said, more and more scientific evidence that: “Climate change faster than we expected only a few years ago, quickly.” According to her, these unexpected changes have on the lives of people around the world impact. Stout said: “There is a growing awareness that these changes will be irreversible … …, we have been affected. Particularly extreme weather and climate lead to drought, floods, storms, hurricanes and forest fires and other disasters become increasingly serious, I think these is the impact of global warming on daily life. ”
The impact of climate change on health
Epstein said that with the emergence of various climate change, growing health threat. For example, the rapidly changing climate will contribute to the spread of infectious diseases. He said: “The first signs of infectious diseases in Africa, Asia and Latin America’s mountain.” He said: “We see that the glaciers receded, flora in the upward migration, mosquitoes swarm … … at an altitude higher The Strip. ”
Tops group with mosquito mobile, they move to high carry diseases. Epstein said that due to cover more sites of mosquitoes, so the incidence of malaria and yellow fever rising.
The U.S. government on June 16 released «global impact of climate change on the United States» (Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States) a comprehensive report detailing how climate change impacts on the United States. According to the report, leading to heat waves, weather conditions will also increase ground-level ozone. Ozone will reduce the short-term lung function, and may be brought to the surface of lung cells permanently damaged.
Report is expected, the number of extreme heat waves will increase, and lead to more heat waves associated with the illness and death. As the increasingly severe extreme weather, storms and floods also pose a health risk. Rain is often flooded, which led to the adoption of water-borne diseases increase.
Solutions to health, stability, global warming
Epstein said the world must go all out to come up with healthy solutions. He pointed out, we must make Gezhongjiejue way Syndicated news together, Zhi Ding into a set of Xuanzefangan – from the use of wind and geothermal renewable energy to better management of forest resources so that each program to climate change mitigation of adverse Ying Xiang Du be effective.
These programs can provide “no regrets” approach to global warming will be stable. Epstein said that these measures “are very good, with wide application prospects.” He pointed out that no regrets measures can be safely used immediately. Other fossil fuels such as bio-fuels and other program needs to be done before the implementation of further studies to fully assess the potential health of these programs, ecological and economic consequences.
Reflections on climate change
Climate scientists said Stout, irreversible climate change, environmentalists are forced to rethink strategy to address climate change. She said: “The environmental industry is now actively think about how global warming will affect the question of their mission.” “For many years, perhaps the history of the environmental movement, the focus always is to restore our land to some original state. This kinds of efforts have been unrealistic. we are now facing is a new climatic conditions. Therefore, the environmentalists must now think about how to change everything we do so for climate change. ”
Stout that, although a serious situation, but the world still have a chance to make progress.
She said: “I think this is a historic opportunity. All the conditions have the same time. We are on the urgency of the problem is increasing rapidly, therefore, we have learned to reduce the need for global warming and pollution. Meanwhile, we are faced with an opportunity for The United States provide new impetus to advance a clean energy economy and Wei Sheng Wu Wild Women’s preserved for future generations. This Zhengshi I Congshizhexiang of the reasons. I sincerely to Ren Wei that we must now take action on, for our children and grandchildren Chuangzao 1 better world. ”