News 2023 Selection: Respiratory System Pathologies

Global climate change (GCC) is regarded as the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century.

The World Health Organization has predicted that there will be about 250,000 more deaths each year due to the GCC between 2030 and 2050 worldwide and estimates, Moreover, that 1.4 billion urban residents breathe every day polluted air with concentrations higher than the guide values provided on the air worldwide.. Recently, the Sixth Assessment Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change assessed new relevant scientific evidence and concluded that the global climate system is changing rapidly, largely because of anthropic activity.

But what is the impact that all this can have on our respiratory health?