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Meeting the Paris Agreement goals could save over one million lives per year by 2050 from air pollution alone. In the US, minority communities bear a disproportionate burden, with over 72% of African Americans living in areas violating federal air pollution standards.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000061#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is expanding the suitability for infectious disease transmission. Between 2015-2019, climate suitability for malaria increased by 39% in Africa and 150% in the Western Pacific compared to the 1950s. Under high emission scenarios, an additional 4.7 billion people could be at risk of exposure to malaria and dengue fever by 2080.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000061#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global food systems are under threat, with climate change reducing agricultural productivity by 21% since 1961. 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