While it's often reported that climate change is affecting the health of our planet, a new report charting the effects of has found it is also having an effect on the health of the population.
The (GHAA) outlined a series of areas where the health of the region's population was being affected by changes to the climate, including reduced IQs in the children of people who have survived natural disasters, malnutrition due to declining crops and death from heatwaves.
The report, published this week, also pointed to increased rates of obesity as a potential unexpected consequence of climate change, with rising temperatures leading to reduced rates of physical activity.