Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health

RECORD heat, extreme weather events, air pollution and the spread of infectious diseases: climate change poses an already huge but ever-growing threat to human health around the world, experts warn.

The latest round of UN climate talks begins next week in what is expected to be the hottest year on record - and in the shadow of climate skeptic Donald Trump's re-election as US president.

COP29 will take place in Azerbaijan as the world continues to release increasing amounts of planet-warming fossil fuels, even as many nations suffer from devastating floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms. (More on businesstimes.com.sg)