Managing and Mitigating the Health Risks of Climate Change: Calling for Evidence-Informed Policy and Action

Climate change affects many natural and social systems and processes that are essential for life. It disrupts the Earth's life-support systems that underpin the world's capacity to supply adequate food and fresh water, and it disturbs the eco-physical buffering against natural disasters. E...

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Published in:Environmental health perspectives 2016-10, Vol.124 (10), p.A176-A176
Main Authors: Tong, Shilu, Confalonieri, Ulisses, Ebi, Kristie, Olsen, Jorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Air pollution
Brief Communication
Climate change
Cold
Disease
Emission standards
Emissions
Environmental risk
Global temperature changes
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Health aspects
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Heat
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Mortality
Natural disasters
Outdoor air quality
Population
Public health
Public policy
Research methodology
Sociodemographics
Temperature
Vaccines
Zika virus
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Summary:Climate change affects many natural and social systems and processes that are essential for life. It disrupts the Earth's life-support systems that underpin the world's capacity to supply adequate food and fresh water, and it disturbs the eco-physical buffering against natural disasters. Epidemiologists need to develop and improve research and monitoring programs to better understand the scale and immediacy of the threat of climate change to human health and to act within a much larger and more comprehensive framework. To address one of the greatest environmental issues of our lifetime, the scientific and policymaking communities should work together to formulate evidencein-formed public policy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to its inevitable impacts in this generation and, more importantly, in future generations to come.
ISSN:0091-6765
1552-9924
DOI:10.1289/EHP555