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...
Woodward A, Smith KR, Campbell-Lendrum D, et al. Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report. Lancet 2014;383:1185-9.Woodward, A.; Smith, K.R.; Campbell-Lendrum, D.; Chadee, D.D.; Honda, Y.; Liu, Q.; Olwoch, J.; Revich, B.; Sauerborn, R.; Chafe, Z.; et...
Currently, climate change is one of the most significant global public health threats [1]. It has many direct and indirect consequences that impact human health. These include access to clean air, secure shelter and safe drinking water and food. Climate change also impacts the spread of climate...
Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids' already fragile mental health.
The first major report--compiled over a year by The Lancet medical journal and experts from the Institute for Global Health at University College London-- investigating the effects of climate change on people's health was published Wednesday. ...
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...
The 2021 ChinaLancetCountdown report indicators Climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability 1.1.: health and heat 1.1.1: heatwave-related mortality 1.1.2: change in labour capacity 1.2.: health and extreme weather events 1.2.1:
Growing demand is accelerating pressure on sustainability. We can help businesses build a sustainable benefits strategy, ensuring key areas such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, women’s health, and the impact of climate on health are considered. ...
ArticleOpen Access16 Jun 2022 Communications Medicine Associations between long-term drought and diarrhea among children under five in low- and middle-income countries Increased droughts are associated with climate change. Here, the authors reveal an association between long-term drought and an elevat...
The impact of climate change on our health has become a "code red" situation, and international efforts to fight the pandemic may be missing opportunities to help the planet while helping ourselves, according toThe Lancet Countdown'ssixth annual report. ...