"Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. It's a threat that's been completely neglected, marginalised, ignored, by not just the global health community, by doctors, nurses and other health professionals, but also by policy-makers. And yet, in terms of our w...
climate changeglobal warminghealth serviceenvironmentally sustainable healthcarehealth impacts of climate changeThe visit to Australia by Dr David Pencheon, Founding Director of the National Health Service (NHS) Sustainable Development Unit, in April-May 2018 generated considerable interest and engagement. ...
"We're finding that we have increasing numbers of children born already in a weakened state from heat and air pollution. That's a totally different story than thinking about climate change as the cause of hurricanes over Florida. … It's a much more pervasive and ongoing impact." In the ...
On the subject of water-borne diseases, climate change has certainly had a negative impact on their spread too. In ourClimate Change and its Impact on Water Healthopen step, EIT Food talks about how increased flooding and precipitation means that more animal waste, pesticides, fertilisers and wa...
Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities across 78 countries are currently exceeding temperature and precipitation conditions experienced in their geographic rang...
Polluted air and steadily rising temperatures are linked to health effects ranging from increased heart attacks and strokes to the spread of infectious diseases and psychological trauma.
climate change. Messages were randomly varied on four attributes: positive (opportunity) or negative (threat) framings, theme (health, environment, economy, migration), scale (individual, community, national, global), and time (current, 2030, 2050). We find that a positive frame, health and ...
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Pathogens of domestic and free-ranging ungulates: global climate change in temperate to boreal latitudes across North America. A diversity of programmes address the impact of environmental change on animal health, zoonoses, and human health, but as yet no comprehensive framework or... EP Hoberg,L...
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