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Here’s how climate change alters our immune systems

Climate change is driving up allergies, asthma, cancers and other immune-related diseases with the biggest burden falling on the planet’s most vulnerable. Researchers say that every $1 spent on climate change mitigation leads to $3 saved on healthcare because climate change is having such a huge impact on our health.

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