Climate Change

Adapting to climate change: public health

The potential consequences of climate change extend to the health of the public, with warming of the planet projected to have both positive and negative consequences that will vary temporally and spatially. Climate change will not act to introduce new causes of morbidity and mortality, but to change the distributions of factors that affect the occurrence of morbidity and mortality.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Jonathan M. Samet
Resources for the Future
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Climate Adaptation, Epidemics, Infectious Diseases
Climate Change

Climate Health Costs: Bug-Borne Ills, Killer Heat

Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health.

These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. And they are hardly the only health threats from global warming.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Refugees, Heat Waves, Floods, Health, Malaria, Dengue, Storms, Drought, Cholera, Infectious Diseases, Heart Diseases, Thermal Power Plants
Climate Change

U.S. funding is insufficient to address the human health impacts of and public health responses to climate variability & change

In this commentary the authors summarize the health risks of climate change in the United States and examine the extent of federal funding devoted to understanding, avoiding, preparing for, and responding to the human health risks of climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Kristie L. Ebi, John Balbus, Patrick L. Kinney & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Climate Mitigation, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Adapting to climate change in Europe and Central Asia

This report presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Europe and Central Asia (ECA). It starts with a discussion of emerging best practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Environment, Water Resources, Water Management, Health Effects, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Heat Waves, Floods, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Drought, Asia, Europe, Agriculture
Climate Change

Mercury rises early

Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather. More »

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Publication Date: 
31/05/2009
Archita Bhatta, Ashutosh Mishra, Amarjyoti Borah, Aparna Pallavi
Down to Earth
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North East, Rural Water Supply, Health Effects, Forest Fires, Climate Change, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Health Care, India, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar, West Bengal, Rainfall Pattern
Climate Change

Mercury rises early

Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......More»

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Publication Date: 
31/05/2009
Archita Bhatta, Ashutosh Mishra, Amarjyoti Borah, Aparna Pallavi
Down to Earth
18
1
0
Tags:
North East, Rural Water Supply, Health Effects, Forest Fires, Climate Change, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Health Care, India, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar, West Bengal, Rainfall Pattern
Climate Change

 Whats fanning heat waves

Archita Bhatta Scientists pore over data to explain the unusual weather They can

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Down to Earth
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20090531
1
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North East, Bay Of Bengal, Climate Change, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Cyclones, Storms, Wildlife, Birds, Research, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India, Assam, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Rainfall
Climate Change

 Mercury rises early

Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for water. What

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Down to Earth
18
20090531
1
Tags:
North East, Tubewells, Rural Water Supply, Health Effects, Forest Fires, Climate Change, Global Warming, Heat Waves, India, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar, West Bengal, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Climate Change

 Definition in degrees

The India Meteorological Department defines heat waves under two categories. The first category includes places where the normal maximum temperature is more than 40

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Down to Earth
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20090531
1
Tags:
Climate Change, Heat Waves, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), India
Climate Change

Climate Health Costs: Bug-Borne Ills, Killer Heat

Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health.

These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. And they are hardly the only health threats from global warming.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2009
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Carbon Dioxide, Asthma, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Refugees, Heat Waves, Floods, Malaria, Dengue, Drought, Cholera, Heart Diseases, Thermal Power Plants, United States Of America (US)

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