The unseen climate health risks of antimicrobial resistance in urban informal settlements

Over a billion people worldwide live in informal settlements in developing cities1 without basic infrastructure and services such as safe sanitation and clean water. Often located on marginal flood-prone or unstable land, these communities, which make up 20–40% of the urban population in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), stand to be some of the most severely affected by a changing climate. More frequent and severe flooding, extreme and inescapable heat, storms, storm surges and episodes of water scarcity, as well as the existential threat of rises in sea level, are already having a disproportionate impact on the residents of these communities, who at the same time are some of the least resourced to deal with such adversities.

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