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Fast fact #13

#13: The World Health Organization estimates that climate change is the cause of around 150 000 deaths and 5 million illnesses per year. This is expected to double by 2030.

Disease
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Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
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