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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... climate change 5 8 10 Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Conclusions 12 14 References Chapter 2. Weather and climate : changing human exposures 15 45 18 Introduction The climate system and greenhouse gases Weather , climate and ...
... climate change 5 8 10 Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Conclusions 12 14 References Chapter 2. Weather and climate : changing human exposures 15 45 18 Introduction The climate system and greenhouse gases Weather , climate and ...
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... Climate Change ( 3 ) . The wide range around the projection reflects uncertainties about aspects of the climate ... variability . Climatologists consider around five - sixths of that recent increase to be due to human influence . The ...
... Climate Change ( 3 ) . The wide range around the projection reflects uncertainties about aspects of the climate ... variability . Climatologists consider around five - sixths of that recent increase to be due to human influence . The ...
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... climate change . It is likely that climatic change over the past quarter - century has had various incremental impacts on at least some health outcomes . However , the time at which any such health impacts of climate change first become ...
... climate change . It is likely that climatic change over the past quarter - century has had various incremental impacts on at least some health outcomes . However , the time at which any such health impacts of climate change first become ...
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Risks and Responses Anthony J. McMichael. 8. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . Climate Change 2001 : Third Assessment Report ( Volume II ) , Impacts , Vulnerability and Adaptation . Cambridge : Cambridge University ...
Risks and Responses Anthony J. McMichael. 8. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . Climate Change 2001 : Third Assessment Report ( Volume II ) , Impacts , Vulnerability and Adaptation . Cambridge : Cambridge University ...
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Risks and Responses Anthony J. McMichael. CHAPTER 2 Weather and climate : changing human exposures K. L. Ebi , ' L. O. Mearns , 2 B. Nyenzi3 Introduction Research on the potential health effects of weather , climate variability and climate ...
Risks and Responses Anthony J. McMichael. CHAPTER 2 Weather and climate : changing human exposures K. L. Ebi , ' L. O. Mearns , 2 B. Nyenzi3 Introduction Research on the potential health effects of weather , climate variability and climate ...
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