Vulnerability of Human-Beings to Changing Climatic Conditions: An In-depth Insight in the Indian Context

Abstract

The four most critical issues that homo-sapiens currently face are ─ peace, population, development and environment. All the issues are corelated. The anthropogenic activities leading to climate change can be linked to various diseases. Strong relations and evidences have been found between change in climate and health. The world is facing an increase in disease burden due to malaria. Malaria has been associated with highest morbidity and highest mortality in the world. The El Nino cycles and global warming can be attributed to the higher incidence of malaria. This paper aims to review the relationships between future prediction of climate change and increasing health risks. Various issues like droughts and water scarcity, storms and cyclones, melting glaciers, heat and cold wave and its impact on human health have been discussed. All these have been discussed with reference to Indian context. It delves into what will be the impact of changing weather patterns on human beings. It provides an insight into the factors that can cause diseases, disability and death when the humans are directly or indirectly exposed to these factors.