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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... occurred as the planet emerged from the last glaciation , from around 15000 years ago . 5 4 Average temperature over past 10 000 years = 15 ° C IPCC ( 2001 ) forecast : 3 + 2-3 ° C , with band of uncertainty 2 Mesopotamia flourishes ...
... occurred as the planet emerged from the last glaciation , from around 15000 years ago . 5 4 Average temperature over past 10 000 years = 15 ° C IPCC ( 2001 ) forecast : 3 + 2-3 ° C , with band of uncertainty 2 Mesopotamia flourishes ...
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... occur during the warm peak of the last inter- glacial period around 120000 years ago , when temperatures were 1-2 ° C higher than now . Nevertheless , substantial melting of Antarctic ice appears to have occurred in a previous ...
... occur during the warm peak of the last inter- glacial period around 120000 years ago , when temperatures were 1-2 ° C higher than now . Nevertheless , substantial melting of Antarctic ice appears to have occurred in a previous ...
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... occurred from the late Middle Ages . Food production declined and food importation became more difficult as sea ice ... occurring in response to climatic fluctuations . Throughout pre - industrial Europe , diets were marginal over many ...
... occurred from the late Middle Ages . Food production declined and food importation became more difficult as sea ice ... occurring in response to climatic fluctuations . Throughout pre - industrial Europe , diets were marginal over many ...
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... occur . Further , temperature related changes in the life - cycle dynamics of both the vector species and the pathogenic organisms ( flukes , pro- tozoa , bacteria and viruses ) would increase the potential transmission of many vector ...
... occur . Further , temperature related changes in the life - cycle dynamics of both the vector species and the pathogenic organisms ( flukes , pro- tozoa , bacteria and viruses ) would increase the potential transmission of many vector ...
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... occur- ring over recent decades and is likely to peak around 2020. Ambient ground - level ultraviolet irradia- tion ... occurring in polar mammals and fish and the traditional human groups that eat them . Clearly chemical pollution is no ...
... occur- ring over recent decades and is likely to peak around 2020. Ambient ground - level ultraviolet irradia- tion ... occurring in polar mammals and fish and the traditional human groups that eat them . Clearly chemical pollution is no ...
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