Engleski A - 2022. ljeto, reading 4.

The impacts on human health are complex, often indirect, and dependent on multiple societal and environmental factors (including how people respond to these impacts). Therefore, the development of appropriate health-(25)

climate indicators is challenging and still emerging.

It is important for such indicators to be clear, measurable, and timely to (26)

understand the link between climate change and health effects.

Changes in climate affect the average weather conditions to (27)

we are accustomed.

These changes can result in multiple threats to (28)

health and wellbeing. Warmer average temperatures will likely lead to hotter days and more frequent and longer heat waves, which could increase the number of illnesses and deaths.

Increases in the frequency or (29)

of extreme weather events, such as storms, could increase the risk of dangerous flooding, high winds, and other direct threats to people and property. Warmer temperatures could also reduce air quality by increasing the chemical reactions that produce smog, and, along with changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events, could enhance the spread of some diseases.

In addition, climate change (30)

require adjustments on larger and faster scales than in the past, presenting challenges to our welfare and the economy. The more extensively and more rapidly the climate changes, the larger the potential effects on society.

The extent to which climate change will affect different regions and sectors of society will depend not only on the sensitivity of those systems (31)

climate change.

It will also depend on their ability to (32)

to or cope with climate change. Populations of particular concern include the poor, the elderly, those already in poor health, the disabled, and indigenous peoples.