Climate change killing 300,000 people a year, report says

4 Jun 2009 | Author: CCC Newsdesk | Print version | Send to a friend

Up to 300,000 people die every year from climate change, a report by the Kofi Annan-led Global Humanitarian Forum claims.

It says 90% of these deaths are caused by a “gradual environmental degradation caused by a warming climate that exacerbates the threats of malnutrition, diarrhea and malaria," while the rest are from an increase in natural weather phenomena. It also says that another 325 million people are seriously affected by climate change and four billion more are vulnerable. The full report, titled "The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis", can be found here.

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