Paul Kingsnorth

Paul Kingsnorth, a journalist and deputy editor of Ecologist magazine, contends in the following viewpoint that global warming will cause severe human health problems and lead to the deaths of many people. According to the author, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes due to global warming are already affecting human health, injuring or killing thousands and leaving survivors to endure famine and malnutrition. Another threat to health posed by global warming is the increase in diseases spread by pests and insects. According to Kingsnorth, many disease-carrying insects will find more breeding grounds as the world warms, spreading malaria and cholera to Europe and North America.

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1. What percentage of the African population is expected to suffer from hunger and malnutrition in the future as a result of...