Heat-related deaths among people over the age of 65 have risen by seventy percent in two decades, the organisation said.
According to WHO, the direct climate change damage costs to health — excluding costs in health-determining sectors such as agriculture and water and sanitation — is estimated to be between $2 to 4 billion per year by 2030.
Climate stressors such as coastal flooding heighten the risks of waterborne and foodborne disease.
600 million people suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, with children under 5 bearing thirty percent of foodborne fatalities, according to WHO.