Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health

Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects inf...

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description Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects infectious disease risk, air pollution, and other forms of exposure. The different ways in which climate change will affect health are complex, interactive, and different communities are disproportionately affected. International actions such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals recognise the future risks to society and acknowledge that we are already committed to a certain level of climate change. Future adaptation measures therefore need careful assessment and implementation for us to be able to minimise the potential risks from climate change and, at the same time, maximise the potential health benefits of a cleaner, greener world. This Special Issue comprises original research articles and detailed reviews on the likely impacts of climate change on health in a range of geographical settings, and the potential for adaptation measures to reduce some of these risks. Ultimately, studies like these will motivate policy level action for mitigation and help in determining the most effective methods of adaptation to reduce negative impacts in future through embedding scientific evidence into practice.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-682612024-03-27T16:34:27Z Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health Heaviside, Clare heat-waves heat-related mortality 2003 2015 climate change Germany air temperature hot days heat waves city urban area types Poznań Poland ambulance 999 calls extreme weather resource planning London UK heat mortality adaptation dwellings indoor temperature cold days cold waves health systems climate adaptation health infrastructure rescue services Northern Europe disaster risk reduction Sendai Framework demographic change infectious diseases vector-borne diseases aerosolized exposures pollen well-being public health land management patient and public involvement (PPI) land-use El Niño Southern Oscillation ENSO health climatic variability climate-sensitive disease workplace heat stress productivity loss beta distribution North Atlantic Oscillation weather emergency ambulance calls exacerbation of essential hypertension urban heat island urban planning heat resilience climate scenarios waterborne disease natural environment risks cryptosporidiosis cholera leptospirosis Legionnaires’ disease trends over time n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects infectious disease risk, air pollution, and other forms of exposure. The different ways in which climate change will affect health are complex, interactive, and different communities are disproportionately affected. International actions such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals recognise the future risks to society and acknowledge that we are already committed to a certain level of climate change. Future adaptation measures therefore need careful assessment and implementation for us to be able to minimise the potential risks from climate change and, at the same time, maximise the potential health benefits of a cleaner, greener world. This Special Issue comprises original research articles and detailed reviews on the likely impacts of climate change on health in a range of geographical settings, and the potential for adaptation measures to reduce some of these risks. Ultimately, studies like these will motivate policy level action for mitigation and help in determining the most effective methods of adaptation to reduce negative impacts in future through embedding scientific evidence into practice. 2021-05-01T15:05:39Z 2021-05-01T15:05:39Z 2021 book ONIX_20210501_9783039367405_4 9783039367405 9783039367412 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68261 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3258 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3258 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03936-741-2 10.3390/books978-3-03936-741-2 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039367405 9783039367412 288 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle heat-waves
heat-related mortality
2003
2015
climate change
Germany
air temperature
hot days
heat waves
city
urban area types
Poznań
Poland
ambulance 999 calls
extreme weather
resource planning
London
UK
heat
mortality
adaptation
dwellings
indoor temperature
cold days
cold waves
health systems
climate adaptation
health infrastructure
rescue services
Northern Europe
disaster risk reduction
Sendai Framework
demographic change
infectious diseases
vector-borne diseases
aerosolized exposures
pollen
well-being
public health
land management
patient and public involvement (PPI)
land-use
El Niño Southern Oscillation
ENSO
health
climatic variability
climate-sensitive disease
workplace
heat stress
productivity loss
beta distribution
North Atlantic Oscillation
weather
emergency ambulance calls
exacerbation of essential hypertension
urban heat island
urban planning
heat resilience
climate scenarios
waterborne disease
natural environment
risks
cryptosporidiosis
cholera
leptospirosis
Legionnaires’ disease
trends over time
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title_full Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title_fullStr Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title_short Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
title_sort impacts of climate change on human health
topic heat-waves
heat-related mortality
2003
2015
climate change
Germany
air temperature
hot days
heat waves
city
urban area types
Poznań
Poland
ambulance 999 calls
extreme weather
resource planning
London
UK
heat
mortality
adaptation
dwellings
indoor temperature
cold days
cold waves
health systems
climate adaptation
health infrastructure
rescue services
Northern Europe
disaster risk reduction
Sendai Framework
demographic change
infectious diseases
vector-borne diseases
aerosolized exposures
pollen
well-being
public health
land management
patient and public involvement (PPI)
land-use
El Niño Southern Oscillation
ENSO
health
climatic variability
climate-sensitive disease
workplace
heat stress
productivity loss
beta distribution
North Atlantic Oscillation
weather
emergency ambulance calls
exacerbation of essential hypertension
urban heat island
urban planning
heat resilience
climate scenarios
waterborne disease
natural environment
risks
cryptosporidiosis
cholera
leptospirosis
Legionnaires’ disease
trends over time
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet heat-waves
heat-related mortality
2003
2015
climate change
Germany
air temperature
hot days
heat waves
city
urban area types
Poznań
Poland
ambulance 999 calls
extreme weather
resource planning
London
UK
heat
mortality
adaptation
dwellings
indoor temperature
cold days
cold waves
health systems
climate adaptation
health infrastructure
rescue services
Northern Europe
disaster risk reduction
Sendai Framework
demographic change
infectious diseases
vector-borne diseases
aerosolized exposures
pollen
well-being
public health
land management
patient and public involvement (PPI)
land-use
El Niño Southern Oscillation
ENSO
health
climatic variability
climate-sensitive disease
workplace
heat stress
productivity loss
beta distribution
North Atlantic Oscillation
weather
emergency ambulance calls
exacerbation of essential hypertension
urban heat island
urban planning
heat resilience
climate scenarios
waterborne disease
natural environment
risks
cryptosporidiosis
cholera
leptospirosis
Legionnaires’ disease
trends over time
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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