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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... ° C between 1900-2100 . Graph courtesy of the UK Met Office , originally published in " Climate change and its impacts ; stabilization of CO2 in the atmosphere " , 1999 . Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors A.J..
... ° C between 1900-2100 . Graph courtesy of the UK Met Office , originally published in " Climate change and its impacts ; stabilization of CO2 in the atmosphere " , 1999 . Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors A.J..
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... atmosphere , human actions have begun to amplify Earth's natural green- house effect . The primary challenge facing the world community is to achieve sufficient reduction in greenhouse gas emissions so as to avoid dangerous inter ...
... atmosphere , human actions have begun to amplify Earth's natural green- house effect . The primary challenge facing the world community is to achieve sufficient reduction in greenhouse gas emissions so as to avoid dangerous inter ...
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... atmosphere has contributed to the strong recent uptrend in world average temperature . In its Third Assessment Report , published in 2001 , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) stated : " There is new and stronger ...
... atmosphere has contributed to the strong recent uptrend in world average temperature . In its Third Assessment Report , published in 2001 , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) stated : " There is new and stronger ...
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... atmosphere has increased by nearly 30 % since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution ; more atmospheric nitrogen is fixed by humanity than by all natural terrestrial sources combined ; more than half of all accessible surface fresh ...
... atmosphere has increased by nearly 30 % since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution ; more atmospheric nitrogen is fixed by humanity than by all natural terrestrial sources combined ; more than half of all accessible surface fresh ...
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... atmosphere , global warming also affects the atmospheric heat budget so as to increase the cooling of the stratosphere ( 30 ) . Should this cooling persist , the process of ozone depletion could continue even after chlorine and bromine ...
... atmosphere , global warming also affects the atmospheric heat budget so as to increase the cooling of the stratosphere ( 30 ) . Should this cooling persist , the process of ozone depletion could continue even after chlorine and bromine ...
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