Climate change due to global warming is predicted to influence the incidence of (a) heat stress illnesses, affecting particularly urban areas and vulnerable groups (the very young, old, and those with cardiovascular or respiratory disease); (b) heat induced violence; (c) respiratory and allergenic diseases through changes in grass seeds and pollen counts; (d) vector-borne diseases due to ecosystem changes affecting insects; (e) weather emergencies and natural disasters, such as floods and droughts; (f) water-borne diseases, such as faecal-oral infections due to precipitation changes; and (g) famine and undernutrition which will increase migration and the diseases of migrants.
Children are in a dynamic state of growth and more susceptible to environmental threats than adults.