“What people don’t realize is the instability that results from poverty, the instability that results from migration, as a final end result of climate change.” Landrigan, meanwhile, says there are definitive steps that shall be able to be taken globally to curb pollution levels and that the future of the world’s urban areas isn’t cast in stone. In addition, he said developed nations shall be able to play a meaningful role in helping poorer countries slash pollution and major nonprofit foundations that have largely steered clear of the problem will have to be convinced that it’s a global priority.
In addition, nations facing crippling pollution tend to spend much more on health care to treat diseases related to the problem.