Why you should care about climate change

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According to the World Meteorological Organisation, extreme weather events caused by climate change were responsible for over 370,000 deaths, including 136,000 deaths from heatwaves, between 2001 and 2010. That’s 20% higher than the previous decade. These extreme weather events are also responsible for an estimated 660 billion US dollars of economic damage.

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