There is a significant link between severe natural disasters, i.e. heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires, and loss of health care infrastructure–including hospitals and outpatient care facilities, with the effects lasting for years. By 2050 the effects of climate change worldwide are predicted to cause 14.5 million deaths, as well as $12.5 trillion in economic costs including $1.1 trillion faced by health care systems.
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