Giving Compass' Take:

• A new study published in the journal, Nature Medicine, indicated that the rising temperatures associated with climate change could result in more than 2,000 additional deaths each year.

• The report found that the additional deaths happen via injuries, such as drownings, falls, car accidents, assault, and suicide. How can funders play a role in curbing these deaths? 

• Read about how rising heat drives hungry people to the hospital. 

Rising temperatures associated with climate change could result in more than 2,000 additional deaths each year from injuries like drownings, falls, car accidents, assault and suicide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine.

If each month in each state were 1.5 °C above the long-term average​, traffic accidents would be responsible for the greatest increase in injury deaths, followed by suicide, ​according to the study. Proportionally, deaths from drownings would increase more than those of other injury types — as much as 13.7% in men aged 15 to 24.

The study — written by authors from Imperial College London, Columbia University and Harvard University — found most of the additional deaths (84%) would occur to men, with 92% of those excess deaths occurring to men between the ages of 15 and 34. California, Texas and Florida were the states with the most projected deaths.

Many studies have examined the impact climate change could have on rates of infectious or non-communicable diseases, largely projecting negative health impacts as temperatures rise. But injuries, which are responsible for nearly 10% of deaths worldwide each year, have been less studied. That, said co-author Robbie Parks, means policymakers could be missing some potential impacts, especially the "hidden burden of mental health."

Read the full article about climate change could increase deaths by Jason Plautz at Smart Cities Dive.