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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... Estimating ancillary benefits and costs Informing policy 66 68 70 70 Recognizing and responding to uncertainty General issues concerning uncertainty Conclusions References Chapter 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes Introduction El ...
... Estimating ancillary benefits and costs Informing policy 66 68 70 70 Recognizing and responding to uncertainty General issues concerning uncertainty Conclusions References Chapter 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes Introduction El ...
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... Estimating burden of disease attributable to a risk factor 134 Type of evidence available for estimating disease burden due ... estimates for 2000 152 Conclusions 153 References 155 Chapter 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion , ultraviolet ...
... Estimating burden of disease attributable to a risk factor 134 Type of evidence available for estimating disease burden due ... estimates for 2000 152 Conclusions 153 References 155 Chapter 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion , ultraviolet ...
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... estimates of the total health impacts of climate change . It lays out the steps necessary to further scientific investigation and to develop strategies and policies to help societies adapt to climate change . cno !!! вильное المية Dr ...
... estimates of the total health impacts of climate change . It lays out the steps necessary to further scientific investigation and to develop strategies and policies to help societies adapt to climate change . cno !!! вильное المية Dr ...
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... estimate Low 13 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 Year FIGURE 1.1 Global temperature record , since instrumental ... estimation , with its wide range , is drawn from a large number of different global climate models and a range of plausible ...
... estimate Low 13 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 Year FIGURE 1.1 Global temperature record , since instrumental ... estimation , with its wide range , is drawn from a large number of different global climate models and a range of plausible ...
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... estimated that the cities around the Baltic Sea require an area of land and sea surface several hundred times larger than the sum of the areas of the cities them- selves ( 5 ) . This large ecological footprint , typical of modern ...
... estimated that the cities around the Baltic Sea require an area of land and sea surface several hundred times larger than the sum of the areas of the cities them- selves ( 5 ) . This large ecological footprint , typical of modern ...
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