By Jacqueline Howard
The future is expected to hold more deadly heat waves, the fast spread of certain infectious diseases and catastrophic food shortages.
These events could cause premature deaths -- and they're all related to climate change, according to a panel of experts who gathered at the Carter Center in Atlanta for the Climate & Health Meeting.
Last week's meeting allowed experts to sound alarms about the deadly health risks associated with climate change.Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is projected to cause about 250,000 additional deaths per year from heat stress, malnutrition and the spread of infectious diseases like malaria, according to the World Health Organization."The extreme weather events calculated by the insurance industry have obviously been increasing," former US Vice President Al Gore said in a keynote speech at the meeting. "As I've said on other occasions, every night on the television news now is like a nature hike through the Book of Revelation."
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