Ambition: Adaptive capacity of communities to the adverse effects of climate change increased, reduced vulnerability and measures to manage disaster risk established. 4.8 Public health. Climate change influences the social and environmental determinants of health, such as clean air, clean water, sufficient food, and safe housing. Many of the deadliest diseases, such as diarrhea, malnutrition, malaria and dengue, are highly sensitive to climate, while increasing anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems that increase environmental health risks through disease transmission . It should be noted that these diseases have a direct impact on the responsibilities and care burdens, especially of women and girls, as has been evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.