Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, and Health Inequities: The Underlying Role of Structural InequalitiesEnvironmental disastersHealth inequitiesStructural inequalityClimate changeEnvironmental justiceWe review and analyze recent literature in public health, urban planning, and disaster management to better ...
Health and equalityEmpathyClimate change and coronavirus pandemic are the twin crises in the Anthropocene, the era in which unsustainable growth of human activities has led to a significant change in the global environment. The two crises have also exposed a chronic social illness of our time-a ...
This article examines how social and health inequalities shape the health impacts of climate change in the UK, and what the implications are for climate change adaptation and health care provision. The evidence generated by the other articles of the special issue were interpreted using social justice...
Although the number of climate-health studies has significantly increased in Vietnam since 2012, these studies have not been properly reviewed to inform the health sector's action plans, strategies, and policies on climate change and health. A search of peer-reviewed and preprint systematic, scopin...
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 globe. Climate change and health indicators (CCHIs...
Women's health is at higher risks due to the vulnerability to climate change, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) The societal, cultural, and economic factors contribute to the...
public health practitioners, and other professionals must work together to ensure that technology advancements are accessible to and benefit the most vulnerable groups, and what technology cannot solve must be addressed through innovative social change strategies using participatory, community-engaged approache...
This article provides an overview of the current and projected climate change risks and impacts to mental health and provides recommendations for priority actions to address the mental health consequences of climate change. The authors argue the followin
Climate change can have detrimental effects on child health and wellbeing. Despite the imperative for a fuller understanding of how climate change affects child health and wellbeing, a systematic approach and focus solely on children (aged <18 years) has been lacking. In this Scoping Review, we...
Rapid environmental change exacerbates health inequalities, especially among vulnerable populations (Parmesan et al.2022; Sorensen and Fried2024). Marginalised communities, low-income countries, and regions with limited health infrastructure are disproportionately affected (Benevolenza and DeRigne2019; Khine ...