The climate crisis will amplify the UK’s existing health inequalities

Adults over 65, children and those with pre-existing medical conditions are among those most vulnerable to impacts of climate crisis. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

The health inequalities between different ethnicities, neighbourhoods and social classes are already stark, with millions of women in the most deprived areas in England dying almost eight years earlier than those from wealthier areas.

But according to the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) report, these disparities will worsen as the impact the climate crisis has on health is disproportionately negative to the most disadvantaged groups.