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(CNN) Climate change is here and affecting our health, with extreme heat in particular also having effects on productivity, food supply and disease transmission, a new global report finds. More people than ever are vulnerable to heat exposure globally, and numbers are rising, according to The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change  report  by an international group of researchers, published Wednesday. It comes just days after climate reports from the US government and the United Nations said that greater action on climate change is needed, with the UN report showing that in  2017 , the highest levels of carbon were emitted globally. Older people in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean are most vulnerable because of larger aging and urban populations there. The latest report estimates that 42% of over-65s in Europe and 43% in the the Eastern Mediterranean are already vulnerable to heat exposure; 38% of this group is vulnerable in Africa and 34% in Asia. Th

By  Jen Christensen , CNN Updated 6:54 PM ET, Mon November 19, 2018 Pause Mute Mute   Fullscreen Source:  CNN Many still unaccounted for in California fires   01:57 (CNN) The deadliest wildfire in California history will hurt the health of people who may never have seen the flames. Smoke from the Camp Fire, which has burned an area the size of Chicago, hangs heavy in parts of California, forcing schools to close and shutting down public transportation. The  air quality is so bad  that San Francisco, Stockton and Sacramento became the world's three "most polluted