Let’ s BREATHE!
Authors: Pricella Mutiari, Ahmad Fahmi Nugraha and A. M. Akramullah Dendi J.
University of Halu Oleo
Climate change is a very serious global issue and cannot be taken lightly, because of its immeasurable risks and impacts to the environment and public health. Whether you live in a rural village, small island or coastal town, even in big cities, climate change threatens everyone’ s health. There are many impacts of climate change such as an increase in drought, floods, and heat waves, also vector borne diseases like malaria and dengue virus. Between 2030 and 2050 climate change is expected to cause 250,000 additional deaths per year due to malaria, malnutrition and heat stress. How can we let this come so far? Climate change happens because of our nasty habits that directly harm our environment and health, also polluting and emitting CO2 directly to our atmosphere. Daily activities such as driving a car, riding a bike, using air conditioner, processing red meat, or burning the trashes, are responsible for greenhouse gas emission. This is why we need to raise the public’ s awareness about climate change, and what we all can do to stop this dangerous phenomenon. We can start from small and simple things, such as using public transit, walking, cycling and turning off electricity when it’ s not needed, will go a long way in reducing greenhouse gas emission, and in turn will reduce even stop the effects of climate change. By making this video, we hope that the public can get a better understanding of the various health impacts of climate change in Indonesia, mainly City of Kendari, and together we can engage the public in fighting the health effects of climate change through“ Let’ s BREATHE!”