It examines indicators across five broad domains: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. Our special report in 2020 focused on the ...
Climate change can exacerbate health inequity:The changes to the Earth’s climate systems contribute to a host of health issues, commonly: lack of access to clean water, allergens, respiratory diseases, heat-induced illness, and infectious disease.2While climate change does not discriminate, the im...
Summary: The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Australia was established in 2017 and produced its first national assessment in 2018 and annual updates in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It examines five broad domains: health hazards, exposures and impacts; adaptation, planning and...
While increasing literature demonstrating the direct and indirect impacts of climate change focuses on health, the capacity and preparedness of healthcare systems to deal with these impacts are less frequently considered. Here we performed a systematic a
Thereportsummarizes the conclusions of researchers from 43 academic institutions and UN agencies who examined the relationship between health and climate change across five domains using more than 40 indicators. "This year, what we are seeing is every single indicator where we tracked the impact of ...
Failure to invest in research and health systems would jeopardize the resilience of individuals and communities to cascading impacts from infectious disease, leading to a sicker future.References The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Sixth assessment report; climate change 2021: the physi...
In the past decades, climate change has been impacting human lives and health via extreme weather and climate events and alterations in labour capacity, food security, and the prevalence and geographical distribution of infectious diseases across the glo
Nature Climate Change11,1077–1083 (2021)Cite this article 8012Accesses 149Altmetric Metrics Abstract Reducing CO2emissions from fossil fuel- and biomass-fired power plants often also reduces air pollution, benefitting both climate and public health. Here, we examine the relationship of climate and ...
and global and immediate frames bolster public support. We examine differences between countries, and across groups within countries – particularly focusing on the effect of these frames among individuals that are unconcerned about climate change. Among this group, positive and health frames increase th...
Climate Conference Ignores Energy’s Role In Reducing Poverty And Preserving The Environment Share this: “If the fossil fuel industry is using the UN COP to grow on, that might be a good reason to keep having them. But it sure is funny.” ...