RUMS Review Vol. VIII Issue I - January 2023

Sustainability
BY EMIL LECOINTE
UNDER
THE
WEATHER
THE THREAT OF
ZOONOTIC VIRUSES
Over the last few years, we have
been inundated with the impacts
of climbing carbon emissions.
From an increasing frequency of
climate disasters to the collapse
of fragile ecosystems, it is
evident that global warming is
already influencing all arenas of
life. Unfortunately, despite
greater awareness of climate
change and increased
engagement with the issue from
governments around the world, it
is likely that we still have not
seen the full extent of the
ecological, social and financial
damage to come. One source of
this damage is an oft-overlooked
effect of global warming that, if
fully realised, could result in
millions of deaths worldwide.
Here, I am referring to the
increasing incidence of zoonotic
viruses in the human population.
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