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The effects of heatwaves, air pollution and a changing climate lead to increased death and disease in Europe. The EU-funded EXHAUSTION project has sought to quantify shifts in heart and lung disease due to extreme heat and air pollution and identify adaptation strategies. As part of the legacy of the project, a White Paper has been developed, including five stand-alone chapters that reflect a selection of important findings and results from the project related to disease due to extreme heat and air pollution. The paper includes key research and policy recommendations for each of the five chapters, which focus on:

  • the interactive effect of heat and air pollution and vulnerable groups
  • mitigation of ozone and particulate matter pollution
  • air pollution from wildfire smoke
  • temperature-related mortality
  • adaptation and mitigation to reduce socio-economic costs

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.exhaustion.eu/resources/exhaustion-white-paper
Source:

The EXHAUSTION project brought together various researchers in a collaborative effort to find out how disease and premature death due to these challenges across Europe can be mitigated.

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Mar 26, 2024

Date of publication:

2024

Keywords:
air pollution, exhaustion, extreme heat, policy recommendations, research recommendations
Climate impacts:

Extreme Temperatures

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Just Resilience, Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Health

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Health impact:

Heat, Air pollution and aero-allergens, Wildfires

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