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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... recent scientific assessments Climate and human health ; an ancient struggle Potential health impacts of climate change 5 8 10 Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Conclusions 12 14 References Chapter 2. Weather and climate ...
... recent scientific assessments Climate and human health ; an ancient struggle Potential health impacts of climate change 5 8 10 Population vulnerability and adaptive responses Conclusions 12 14 References Chapter 2. Weather and climate ...
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... recently documented how the various effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems can interact and ripple through trophic levels in unpredictable ways . For example , warming in the Arctic region has reduced the amount of sea ice ...
... recently documented how the various effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems can interact and ripple through trophic levels in unpredictable ways . For example , warming in the Arctic region has reduced the amount of sea ice ...
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... 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 evidence that most of the warming observed ...
... 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 evidence that most of the warming observed ...
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... recent increase to be due to human influence . The unprecedented prospect of human - induced ( rapid ) changes to the global climate has prompted a large international scientific effort to assess the evidence . The IPCC , established ...
... recent increase to be due to human influence . The unprecedented prospect of human - induced ( rapid ) changes to the global climate has prompted a large international scientific effort to assess the evidence . The IPCC , established ...
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... recent study has estimated that human demands on the biosphere have exceeded the world's " biocapacity " since the 1970s , and is currently about 25 % beyond the sustainable capacity of Earth ( 6 ) . Further , not only can the actions ...
... recent study has estimated that human demands on the biosphere have exceeded the world's " biocapacity " since the 1970s , and is currently about 25 % beyond the sustainable capacity of Earth ( 6 ) . Further , not only can the actions ...
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