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20 Apr 2018 |
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A review of frameworks for developing environmental health indicators for climate change and health
The role climate change may play in altering human health, particularly in the emergence and spread of diseases, is an evolving area of research. It is important to understand this relationship because it will compound the already significant burden of diseases on national economies and public health. Authorities need to be able to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A review of national-level adaptation planning with regards to the risks posed by climate change on infectious diseases in 14 OECD nations
Climate change is likely to have significant implications for human health, particularly through alterations of the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of infectious diseases. In the context of these risks, governments in high income nations have begun developing strategies to reduce potential climate change impacts and increase ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A review of the consequences of global climate change on human health
The impact of climate change has been significant enough to endanger human health both directly and indirectly via heat stress, degraded air quality, rising sea levels, food and water security, extreme weather events (e.g., floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc.), vulnerable shelter, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A review on black carbon emissions, worldwide and in China
Black carbon (BC) produced from open burning (OB) and controlled combustion (CC) is a range of carbonaceous products of incomplete combustion of biomass and fossil fuel, and is deemed as one of the major contributors to impact global environment and human health. BC has a strong relationship with POPs, in waste combustion, BC ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Biofuels: network analysis of the literature reveals key environmental and economic unknowns
Despite rapid growth in biofuel production worldwide, it is uncertain whether decision-makers possess sufficient information to fully evaluate the impacts of the industry and avoid unintended consequences. Doing so requires rigorous peer-reviewed data and analyses across the entire range of direct and indirect effects. To assess the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Averting comfortable lifestyle crises
How have climate change and diet shaped the evolution of human energy metabolism, and responses to vitamin C, fructose and uric acid? Through the last three millennia observant physicians have noted the association of inappropriate diets with increased incidence of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and over the past 300 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A guide for health departments
This document provides guidance for health departments on how to assess local vulnerabilities to health hazards associated with climate change. This assessment of people and place vulnerability can then be used to implement targeted public health interventions to reduce the burden of public health impacts.3 Introduction This document ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting to urban heat: a tool kit for local governments
This Urban Heat Tool Kit is designed to help local governments reduce the effects of increased heat on their communities and citizens. It provides an analytic tool for policy makers to consider a combination of four built-environment changes (cool roofs, green roofs, cool pavements, and urban forestry), providing clear criteria for ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Water: Impacts to Human Health and Consumption
Climate change can exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in terms of water resources and the ability of infrastructure to cope with shocks (caused by increased variability of weather events). However, how such shocks translate into impacts on health and well-being is rather complex. One of the aims of this paper is to examine the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Flammable Planet: Wildfires and the Social Cost of Carbon
This report focuses on identifying the potential magnitude of wildfire damages from climate change. First, we review the science behind the increase in wildfire risk due to climate change, and discuss the potential impacts. Next, we review the economics of wildfire impacts more generally, due to a lack of damage estimates from ...