Climate Change causes Death!!

With climate change being such a huge issue in today's world, it comes with many problems and conflicts. As the temperature rises, so do the heat related illness' and even death for some of the human population. Nobody should have to die because the world isn't being taken care of! I find that a little extreme. Climate change is increasing the speed of infectious diseases mainly because the warmer climate allows disease-carrying insects, animals and microbes to survive in areas they were once destroyed by cold weather.

My biggest concern is that insects or disease carrying life will be able to survive in areas that are originally of a colder climate. This is a huge threat and I don't think that this is natural. The World Health Organization estimates that climate change may have caused more than 150,000 deaths in the year 2000 alone, with a much higher increase of deaths in the future.

This is not how our Earth is suppose to function! The high temperatures are the ones to blame for the increase in heat-related deaths and illness'. Scientists have predicted that if emissions of heat-trapping aren't reduced, average temperatures could increase by 3 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century.

People are not meant to die because the Earth is too hot. All humans were born to live a fruitful and exciting life leading up to a peaceful and calm death. I do not want to die because the climate decides to change up it's original function.

Extreme heat waves have caused more than 20,000 deaths in Europe and more than 1,500 deaths in India. The heat waves are linked to the climate change and there is only more to come.

The way we live our everyday lives have the biggest impact on the climate and its changes. If we can all change our habits that negatively effect the Earth, there is a possibility of the number of deaths caused by heat-waves and climate change to decrease. We must learn to commute in an eco friendly way. Transportation causes about 25 percent of Canada's greenhouse gas emission.

I want to live in a world where we shouldn't have to worry about dying from the extreme heat. I want a change, and I hope to put this into action and see this put forth in the future.