Health and Climate Change: Country profile 2015 - Colombia

Colombia is a country of very diverse geography and climatic regions including tropical rainforests, savannas, steppes, deserts and mountainous areas. In terms of population health, Colombia has made continued progress in attainment of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Climate change threatens these advancements through increased risk of: water shortages and disruption to agricultural production in the elevated Andes – with resultant threats to food security and nutrition; sea level rise and floods impacting human settlements and economic activities in coastal regions; an increase in infectious disease...