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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... present ( quasi - log scale ) 1 100 Now +100 increase than predicted in the IPCC's previous major report , in 1996 ( 9 ) . It is the rate of change in temperature that will pose a particular stress upon many ecosys- tems and species ...
... present ( quasi - log scale ) 1 100 Now +100 increase than predicted in the IPCC's previous major report , in 1996 ( 9 ) . It is the rate of change in temperature that will pose a particular stress upon many ecosys- tems and species ...
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... present a comprehen- sive discussion of the relationship between global climate change and human population health . Global climate change is likely to change the frequency of extreme weather events : tropical cyclones may increase as ...
... present a comprehen- sive discussion of the relationship between global climate change and human population health . Global climate change is likely to change the frequency of extreme weather events : tropical cyclones may increase as ...
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... past , present and future . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78 , 76 : 33-45 ( 2000 ) . CHAPTER 2 Weather and climate : changing human exposures K. CHAPTER I. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH : AN OLD STORY WRIT LARGE 17.
... past , present and future . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78 , 76 : 33-45 ( 2000 ) . CHAPTER 2 Weather and climate : changing human exposures K. CHAPTER I. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH : AN OLD STORY WRIT LARGE 17.
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... present 15 ° C ( Figure 2.2 ) . Without this warming , Earth's diurnal temper- FIGURE 2.2 The greenhouse effect . Source : reproduced from reference 4 . SUN The Greenhouse Effect Some solar radiation is reflected by the Earth and the ...
... present 15 ° C ( Figure 2.2 ) . Without this warming , Earth's diurnal temper- FIGURE 2.2 The greenhouse effect . Source : reproduced from reference 4 . SUN The Greenhouse Effect Some solar radiation is reflected by the Earth and the ...
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... present CH4 concentra- tions have not been exceeded during the past 420 000 years . CH4 remains in the atmosphere about 10 years . The primary removal mechanism is by chemical reac- tion in the stratosphere with hydroxyl ions to produce ...
... present CH4 concentra- tions have not been exceeded during the past 420 000 years . CH4 remains in the atmosphere about 10 years . The primary removal mechanism is by chemical reac- tion in the stratosphere with hydroxyl ions to produce ...
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