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What do you personally find more troubling about climate change? 

What I find the most troubling about climate change is that it is not being addressed the way it should be. Climate change is happening and our political leaders need to accept this and do something about it instead of denying it and promoting irresponsible corporate actions. Politicians are elected to make decisions for the good of the people and by not addressing such a serious issue to our environment, is not making good of the people at all. The effects of these decisions will be costly for my generation and those who come after. 

As a public health professional, what do you think needs the greatest attention right now?

We can educate on ways to help fight climate change such as using your energy wisely, consuming less, wasting less, etc. but I think demanding action is what needs to be done. We need to make political leaders understand that we are the ones who will inherit this earth. We can educate and help fight climate change all we want, but at the end of the day we need action from political leaders to make it all happen. 

If you were visiting with a long-lost relative who had never heard about climate change, how would you describe it and its attendant human health and ecological threats?

 Climate change refers to a rise in the average global temperature due to an increase in the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases, resulting in numerous climatic shifts and impacts around the globe. It can affect human health in ways such as changing the severity or frequency of health problems that are already affected by climate or weather factors; and  by creating unanticipated health problems or health threats in places where they have not previously occurred.

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