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This factsheet highlights chronic kidney disease of non-traditional cause (CKDnt) affects millions of outdoor manual workers in tropical environments. As global temperatures rise, more workers will be put at risk of CKDnt, increasingly a concern for workers also in EU and US.

The ENBEL research factsheet series provides accessible summaries of research findings from the projects in the ENBEL network on a wide range of climate change and health topics. The factsheets can be consulted at ENBEL's website. 



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The ENBEL project supports EU policy making by bringing together leaders in climate change and health research through a network of major international health and climate research projects under the Belmont Forum’s Collaborative Research Action (CRA), Societal Challenge 1 and 5 of EU’s Horizon 2020, and other national and international funding schemes. This network develops evidence syntheses and co-produces with stakeholders a series of tailor-made knowledge products. The key thematic focus is on environmental and occupational heat, air pollution (including from wildfires) and climate-sensitive infectious diseases, with specific attention given to high-risk groups and populations.

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Feb 19, 2024

Date of publication:

2023

Keywords:
climate health crisis, heat stress, occupational health and safety
Climate impacts:

Extreme Temperatures

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Business and industry, Health

Geographic characterisation:

Global

Health impact:

Heat

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