Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: The global climate is changing, and faster than ever before. The burning of fossil fuels is adding alarmingly to the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which acts as a radiation blanket causing average global temperature to rise and changing the world's climate. We can reasonably expect more droughts, floods, extreme weather events, and for the sea level to rise.
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Kristie L Ebi, Joel B Smith, Ian Burton
Taylor and Francis, £69, pp 320 ISBN 90 5809 686 6
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All of these will have significant impacts on human health. Indeed, the World Health Organization has estimated that …
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Source: BMJ
Author: Ian Roberts
Institution: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1999348313