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Investigating Effects of Climate Change on Health Risks in Nigeria

In: Environmental Factors Affecting Human Health

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  • Femi Ilevbare

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Climate change has become a major challenge globally. Human activities have several direct and indirect impacts on health. In Nigeria, the impacts of climate change are more devastating due to their vulnerability and low coping capability. Studies on the impacts of climate change on health risks in Nigeria are scare. With this rationale, this study investigates the effects of climate change on health risks in Nigeria. Evidence abounds that climate change impacts in Nigeria arise from climate change-related causes such as increase in temperature, rainfall, sea level rise, extreme weather events and, especially, increased health risks. Health risks such as cerebra-spinal meningitis, cardiovascular respiratory disorder of elderly, skin cancer, malaria, high blood pressure and morbidity were identified as the direct consequences of climate change. The study concluded that government should raise awareness on adverse effects of climate change which is common among vulnerable groups, like women, children and rural dwellers in Nigeria.

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  • Femi Ilevbare, 2020. "Investigating Effects of Climate Change on Health Risks in Nigeria," Chapters, in: Ivan Uher (ed.), Environmental Factors Affecting Human Health, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:194371
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.86912
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    Keywords

    climate change; environment; health risks; Nigeria; vulnerability;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects

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