IPCC Sixth Assessment ReportImpacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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Figure FAQ2.2.1

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Figure FAQ2.2.1 |  How diseases move from the wild into human populations. Climate change may increase diseases in nature, but whether or not this leads to an increase in the risk of disease in humans depends upon a range of societal, infrastructural and medical buffers that form a shield protecting humans.