Devastated land, possibly after a wildfire. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
In May I wrote an article about how climate change was going to make food safety worse due to the rising temperatures and the increasing situation of floods and droughts. Recent research published in Nature confirms this fear and suggests that the incidence of Campylobacter increases as temperature and precipitation increase. They predict that between 2080-89, in the four Nordic countries they studied, there will be 2.5x as many cases of campylobacteriosis than there were in 2000-2015.
We need to be aware of this issue so we can do what we can to reduce the effects of climate change. Good national policies to make our food and public health systems stronger are necessary to build resilient communities for when climate change really starts to affect us.
Suggestions in the comments for ideas on how to build resilient communities are also welcome.