The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has...
The scientific consensus is that global warming is occurring and is largely the result of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. This paper examines the health implications of global warming, the current socio-political attitudes towards action on climate change and highlight the health co-bene...
- 《Global Health Action》 被引量: 50发表: 2010年 Gender, development, and climate change This book, which includes 12 papers, considers the gendered dimensions of climate change. It shows how gender analysis has been widely overlooked in debate... Masika, R,Masika, R - 《Science》 被引...
The scientific consensus is that global warming is occurring and is largely the result of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. This paper examines the health implications of global warming, the current socio-political attitudes towards action on climate change and highlight the health co-bene...
New Book Explores Connection between Climate Change, HealthGlobal climate change can have an impact on nearly every person's health. Yet many clinicians...Wahowiak, Lindsey
Human Health ImpactClimate change contributes to the spread of infectious diseases, heat-related illnesses, and mental health challenges. (WHO) Economic ConsequencesBy 2100, climate change impacts could cost the world economy up to 10% of global GDP annually if left unmitigated. (OECD) ...
Climate change is increasing the severity of disasters and adverse weather conditions worldwide, with particularly devastating effects on developing countries and on individuals with lower resources. Climate change is likely to impact mental health and psychosocial well-being via multiple pathways, leading...
Air Pollution, Climate and Healthintegrates the current understanding of the issues of air pollution, climate change and human health. The book provides a comprehensive overview of these issues to help readers gain a better understanding of how they interact and impact air quality and public health...
Ecosystems are subject to many pressures (e.g., land-use change, resource demands, population changes); their extent and pattern of distribution is changing, and landscapes are becoming more fragmented. Climate change constitutes an additional pressure that could change or endanger ecosystems and the...
This paper seeks to do that, in the process conducting the largest review on the topic of climate change and health yet to be published. 1.1. Climate Change Science, Risk and the 2015 Paris Agreement The scientific knowledge that gases, accumulating mainly from the burning of fossil fuels and...