Climate Change Threatens To Worsen Health Disparities In Hawaii … Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders already face disproportionately high rates of diseases like diabetes.
Diseases like diabetes and obesity aren’t the first thing that most people think of when considering the health impacts of climate change.
But they’re among a myriad of illnesses expected to worsen as global temperatures continue to warm.
The World Health Organization expects about 250,000 will die every year between 2030 and 2050 due to increases in malaria, malnutrition, heat-related illnesses and diarrhea blamed on global warming.
