Irish children face shorter life expectancy and malnutrition caused by climate change

Among the challenges the world can expect will be farmers unable to grow traditional crops due to flooding or drought, older people dying from heat in record numbers, and the worsening spread of infectious diseases. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Children born in Ireland today and their peers around the world face malnutrition, a shorter life expectancy, and a myriad of other health hazards caused by climate change, a major global health report has warned.

“We are going to see malnutrition in Ireland, climate change is going to have a widespread impact on food security,” said Professor Karyn Morrissey, the only Irish researcher involved in the Lancet Countdown Report 2024 published today.