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Cardiometabolic syndrome and CVD are a huge concern for the human welfare sector of our society and represent the most threatening chunk of non‐communicable disease‐related deaths. It is obvious to us that the severely changing climate contribute drastically to global ischemic heart disease and stroke incidences, and is thought to have an even more significant impact worldwide. However, changes on our part have greatly contributed to contribute to the wellbeing of those who are greatly at risk. Strict air quality regulations have created a significant impact on increase in life expectancy, truly decreasing the mortality rate for sick patients in the last five decades. We should change our activity level if pollution levels are high by limiting our outdoor time.

Extremely hot and cold weather poses a tremendous amount of stress and risk on such patients National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS 2013). Air conditioning and other means to control the temperature for such patients can prove to be very helpful. Some other lifestyle changes that could drastically decrease greenhouse gas emissions are changes in our occupational style, cultural patterns, and consumer choice in buildings followed by reducing the usage of car, efficient driving style while use of public transport should be increased.