TY - BOOK ID - 133743984 TI - Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - heat-waves KW - heat-related mortality KW - 2003 KW - 2015 KW - climate change KW - Germany KW - air temperature KW - hot days KW - heat waves KW - city KW - urban area types KW - Poznań KW - Poland KW - ambulance 999 calls KW - extreme weather KW - resource planning KW - London KW - UK KW - heat KW - mortality KW - adaptation KW - dwellings KW - indoor temperature KW - cold days KW - cold waves KW - health systems KW - climate adaptation KW - health infrastructure KW - rescue services KW - Northern Europe KW - disaster risk reduction KW - Sendai Framework KW - demographic change KW - infectious diseases KW - vector-borne diseases KW - aerosolized exposures KW - pollen KW - well-being KW - public health KW - land management KW - patient and public involvement (PPI) KW - land-use KW - El Niño Southern Oscillation KW - ENSO KW - health KW - climatic variability KW - climate-sensitive disease KW - workplace KW - heat stress KW - productivity loss KW - beta distribution KW - North Atlantic Oscillation KW - weather KW - emergency ambulance calls KW - exacerbation of essential hypertension KW - urban heat island KW - urban planning KW - heat resilience KW - climate scenarios KW - waterborne disease KW - natural environment KW - risks KW - cryptosporidiosis KW - cholera KW - leptospirosis KW - Legionnaires’ disease KW - trends over time KW - n/a KW - Poznań KW - El Niño Southern Oscillation KW - Legionnaires' disease UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133743984 AB - Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects infectious disease risk, air pollution, and other forms of exposure. The different ways in which climate change will affect health are complex, interactive, and different communities are disproportionately affected. International actions such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals recognise the future risks to society and acknowledge that we are already committed to a certain level of climate change. Future adaptation measures therefore need careful assessment and implementation for us to be able to minimise the potential risks from climate change and, at the same time, maximise the potential health benefits of a cleaner, greener world. This Special Issue comprises original research articles and detailed reviews on the likely impacts of climate change on health in a range of geographical settings, and the potential for adaptation measures to reduce some of these risks. Ultimately, studies like these will motivate policy level action for mitigation and help in determining the most effective methods of adaptation to reduce negative impacts in future through embedding scientific evidence into practice. ER -