Why does climate change matter?
 
We care because, ultimately, climate change is about human health, as President Pedro Sànchez said.
 
Rising sea levels and temperatures contribute to cardiovascular disease, and fuel the spread of communicable diseases to new places.
 
Extreme weather events take lives.
 
Air pollution fills our lungs with poison.
 
The climate crisis is not sometime in the future. It’s right here and now. #COP29