With increase in climate variability and change, the occurrence of heatwaves, floods, droughts, cyclones, etc. has increased putting the most vulnerable at higher risk and disrupting access to basic services and straining sanitation systems. It must therefore be considered to ensure sanitation technologies and services are designed, operated and managed in a way that minimizes public health risks. Increasing global and regional temperatures have the potential to increase the frequency, intensity and duration of severe extreme weather events. These changes affect sanitation systems and infrastructure, water resources, water services and other social and governance systems on which sanitation depends. Many direct and indirect effects on sanitation pose a danger to human health and development.
