Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and ResponsesAnthony J. McMichael World Health Organization, 2003 - 322 pages Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems. The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Climate and weather have always had a powerful impact on human health and well-being. But like other large natural systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities. Global climate change is, therefore, a newer challenge to ongoing efforts to protect human health. This volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. |
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... report on emission scenarios 29 30 Anthropogenic climate change Climate modelling Exposure Assessment Conclusions ... Report 43 Introduction 43 The IPCC 43 The effects of climate on the transmission biology of human diseases 45 IPCC ...
... report on emission scenarios 29 30 Anthropogenic climate change Climate modelling Exposure Assessment Conclusions ... Report 43 Introduction 43 The IPCC 43 The effects of climate on the transmission biology of human diseases 45 IPCC ...
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... Report of the Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change , published in 2001 , goes further than its pre- decessors , stating that " There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely ...
... Report of the Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change , published in 2001 , goes further than its pre- decessors , stating that " There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely ...
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... Report ( 2001 ) projects an increase in average world surface temperature ranging from 1.4 to 5.8 ° C over the course of the twenty - first century ( see Figure 1.1 ) . That estimation , with its wide range , is drawn from a large ...
... Report ( 2001 ) projects an increase in average world surface temperature ranging from 1.4 to 5.8 ° C over the course of the twenty - first century ( see Figure 1.1 ) . That estimation , with its wide range , is drawn from a large ...
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... report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) makes several compellingly clear points ( 8 ) . First , human - induced warming has apparently begun : the particular pattern of temperature increase over the past ...
... report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) makes several compellingly clear points ( 8 ) . First , human - induced warming has apparently begun : the particular pattern of temperature increase over the past ...
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... report , in 1996 ( 9 ) . It is the rate of change in temperature that will pose a particular stress upon many ecosys- tems and species . The IPCC also reported that even if humankind manages to curb excess greenhouse gas emissions ...
... report , in 1996 ( 9 ) . It is the rate of change in temperature that will pose a particular stress upon many ecosys- tems and species . The IPCC also reported that even if humankind manages to curb excess greenhouse gas emissions ...
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