Table 1 Impact of Climate on population health in Kazakhstan
From: Climate change in Kazakhstan: implications to population health
Climate hazard | Direct impact | Potential impact on health |
|---|---|---|
Rising temperatures | Severe weather, extreme heat or cold, heatwaves, snow, and wildfires | Injuries, heat-related stress, frostbite heart failure, and mental health impact: Anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), limited social mobility |
Increasing levels of CO2 and pollutants | Air pollution, allergens, social and economic instability | Asthma, respiratory diseases, heart diseases, violence, poverty, and forced migration |
Drought, Floods, and storms | Environmental degradation, food, and water insecurity | Civil conflict, forced migration, mental health impact, malnutrition, and water-borne infections |
High sea levels and melting glaciers | Change in vector ecology, decrease in water quality, increasing allergens | Injuries, increase in tropical disease transmission, respiratory diseases, fatalities, respiratory allergies, cardiovascular crisis |