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Lancet Commission on Climate Change and Health: Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health

Abstract

The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in order to ensure the highest attainable standards of health for populations worldwide. This Commission is multidisciplinary and international in nature, with strong collaboration between academic centres in Europe and China.

Resource Type
Peer-reviewed article
Authors
Nick Watts W. Neil Adger Paolo Agnolucci Jason Blackstock Peter Byass Wenjia Cai Sarah Chaytor Tim Colbourn Mat Collins Adam Cooper Peter M. Cox Joanna Depledge Paul Drummond Paul Ekins Victor Galaz Delia Grace Hilary Graham Michael Grubb Andy Haines Ian Hamilton Alasdair Hunter Xujia Jiang Moxuan Li Ilan Kelman Lu Liang Melissa Lott Robert Lowe Yong Luo Georgina Mace Mark Maslin Maria Nilsson Tadj Oreszczyn Steve Pye Tara Quinn My Svensdotter Sergey Venevsky Koko Warner Bing Xu Jun Yang Yongyuan Yin Chaoqing Yu Qiang Zhang Peng Gong Hugh Montgomery Anthony Costello
Resource URL
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60854-6/abstract
Publication
Lancet (London, England)
Journal Abbr.
Lancet
Date
Jun 24, 2015
DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60854-6
ISSN
1474-547X
Short Title
Health and climate change
Health and Human Impact
Overview/general
Solutions
Climate adaptation/resilience Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
Other
International policy US policy Policy International United states

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