1、Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human HealthI N S I G H T R E P O R TJ A N U A R Y 2 0 2 4In collaboration with Oliver WymanImages:Getty Images 2024 World Economic Forum.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,including

2、 photocopying and recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system.Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project,insight area or interaction.The findings,interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative pr

3、ocess facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum,nor the entirety of its Members,Partners or other stakeholders.ContentsForeword 3Executive summary 41 Understanding the link between climate change and huma

4、n health 51.1 Climate change and the IPCC scenarios 61.2 The negative impacts of climate change on human health 92 Quantifying the impacts of future climate events on public health 112.1 Methodologyfor the climate-related health impact matrix 122.2 Deep dives on health impacts of the sixweather-rela

5、ted events 183 Building climate-resilient health systems 353.1 Resistance and recovery,the two key pillars for sustainablehealthsystems 363.2 Why policies and incentives need to change to enable climate-resilient health systems 38Conclusion 44Contributors 45Endnotes 46Quantifying the Impact of Clima

6、te Change on Human Health2ForewordClimate change is having a profound impact on global health whether its connected to the dwindling supply of freshwater because of droughts,the increase in infectious disease in the aftermath of flooding or the toxic air pollution accompanying raging wildfires.There