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Climate change and global health: A call to more research and more action
Author(s) -
Agache Ioana,
Sampath Vanitha,
Aguilera Juan,
Akdis Cezmi A.,
Akdis Mubeccel,
Barry Michele,
Bouag Aude,
Chinthrajah Sharon,
Collins William,
Dulitzki Coby,
Erny Barbara,
Gomez Jason,
Goshua Anna,
Jutel Marek,
Kizer Kenneth W.,
Kline Olivia,
LaBeaud A. Desiree,
PaliSchöll Isabella,
Perrett Kirsten P.,
Peters Rachel L.,
Plaza Maria Pilar,
Prunicki Mary,
Sack Todd,
Salas Renee N.,
Sindher Sayantani B.,
Sokolow Susanne H.,
Thiel Cassandra,
Veidis Erika,
Wray Brittany Delmoro,
TraidlHoffmann Claudia,
Witt Christian,
Nadeau Kari C.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/all.15229
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , climate change , global health , vulnerability (computing) , famine , climate justice , political science , public health , environmental justice , global warming , economic growth , environmental planning , development economics , environmental health , health care , geography , medicine , economics , ecology , computer security , nursing , archaeology , computer science , law , biology
There is increasing understanding, globally, that climate change and increased pollution will have a profound and mostly harmful effect on human health. This review brings together international experts to describe both the direct (such as heat waves) and indirect (such as vector‐borne disease incidence) health impacts of climate change. These impacts vary depending on vulnerability (i.e., existing diseases) and the international, economic, political, and environmental context. This unique review also expands on these issues to address a third category of potential longer‐term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, and environmental justice and education. This scholarly resource explores these issues fully, linking them to global health in urban and rural settings in developed and developing countries. The review finishes with a practical discussion of action that health professionals around the world in our field can yet take.