The best available evidence suggests that climate changes since the 1970s may already be causing over 150,000 deaths annually， and that greenhouse gas emissions would increase disease burdens

　　in

　　the

　　coming

　　decades.

　　The

　　risks

　　are concentrated in the poorest population, who have contributed least to the problem.

　　The Kyoto Protocol (京都议定书) is signed by 128 nations, and commits the participating industrialized countries to cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by over 5% below 1990 level by the period of 2008－2017.

　　“Over 600 thousand people died in weather­related disasters in the 1990s. Temperature and rainfall influence the rates of diseases and infections including malaria, and malnutrition, which together cause over 3.5 million deaths a year. The Kyoto Protocol is the first step towards protecting the climate system, which exerts such a strong influence on our health”， said Dr Kerstin Leitner, Assistant Director­General for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments.

　　While acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is also essential to protect vulnerable (脆弱的) communities from the effects of climate changes.

　　WHO works to promote measures such as protection from malaria and other climate sensitive diseases, and reliable access to clean water and sanitation, for people in

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