The Role of Climate Change on Human Health and Well-being - An overview

Climate change is now widely regarded as one of the most serious challenges the world faces, with consequences that go far beyond its effects on the environment. The effects of climate change on human well-being is challening because both the surrounding environment and the decisions that people make influence health. The focus in this paper is to understand the likely influence of climate change on human well-being. The status of rural native communities is likely to be affected adversely by climate change in a number of ways which reflects the exposure of local communities to environmental change and their reduced adaptive capacity. Training, capacity building and awareness on global changes, health education, sustainable planning and care to reduce climate-related risks are needed to cope with changing climate.