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… CLIMATE HAZARDS 6 HEALTH RISKS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE 6 HEAT STRESS 7 FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY 8 WATER QUANTITY AND … change Injury and mortality from extreme weather events Heat-related illness Respiratory illness Waterborne diseases … rainfall, 1900–2100 FIGURE 3: Percentage of hot days (‘heat stress’), 1900–2100 FIGURE 5: Standardized Precipitation …
… R. W. (2013). Monitoring and understanding changes in heat waves, cold waves, floods, and droughts in the United …
… et al., 2019; FAO & IBRD/World Bank, 2018). Moreover, heat waves are expected to occur ten times more frequently … land degradation and desertification. Meanwhile, heat waves could increase both the psychological stress and … failures over the next 30 years Future drought episodes, heat waves, and other extreme events will further challenge …

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