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Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health [1]

According to this research published in the journal The Lancet, climate change poses a potentially “catastrophic risk” to public health due to increased risk of the spread of disease, food insecurity and air pollution among many other things. 

[2]The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in order to ensure the highest attainable standards of health for populations worldwide. This Commission is multidisciplinary and international in nature, with strong collaboration between academic centres in Europe and China.

The central finding from the Commission’s work is that tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century. The key messages from the Commission are summarised below, accompanied by ten underlying recommendations to accelerate action in the next 5 years.

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Publication Date: 
23/06/2015
Nick Watts [12], W Neil Adger [13], Paolo Agnolucci & et al [14]
Lancet Commissions [15]
1-60
Tags:
Climate Change [16], Health Effects [17], Climate Impacts [18], Heart Diseases [19], Respiratory Diseases [20], Fossil Fuels [21], Coal [22], Renewable Energy [23], Natural Gas [24], Lifestyles [25], PM 2.5 [26], Non Communicable Diseases [27], India [28], Green House Gases [29], Natural Disasters [30], Droughts [31], Floods [32], Storms [33], Heat Waves [34], Global Warming [35], Black Carbon [36], Malnutrition [37], Infectious Diseases [38], Climate Adaptation [39]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/health-and-climate-change-policy-responses-protect-public-health

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/health-and-climate-change-policy-responses-protect-public-health
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/climate change and health effects.pdf
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/quantitative-risk-assessment-effects-climate-change-selected-causes-death-2030s
[4] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/how-climate-change-impacts-human-health-0
[5] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/ipcc-report-climate-change-impacts-and-vulnerability
[6] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/chulha-politics
[7] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/protecting-health-climate-change-vulnerability-and-adaptation-assessment
[8] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/health-green-economy-health-co-benefits-climate-change-mitigation-housing-sector
[9] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/climate-change-livelihoods-and-health-inequities-vulnerability-migrant-workers
[10] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/atlas-health-and-climate
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/1937/thesaurus/climate-change/
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nick-watts
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/w-neil-adger-0
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/paolo-agnolucci-et-al
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet-commissions
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heart-diseases
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[23] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[24] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas
[25] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lifestyles
[26] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[27] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[28] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[29] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[30] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[31] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[32] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[33] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
[34] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves
[35] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[36] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/black-carbon
[37] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[38] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases
[39] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation