A new U. N. Report says climate change
is contributing to a new kind of crisis. This
is the rise of superbugs. According to the U
. N. Environmental Program. The changing climate is
now making these germs resistant to antimicrobial medicines. Antimicrobials
have saved countless of lives and protected vital economic sectors
. They continue to do so and we want them
to continue to do so, but their effectiveness is
under threat. Now the U.N. says superbugs are
responsible for roughly five million deaths around the globe every
year and that number could double by 2050 if the
climate is not addressed.