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WHO Atlas of Health and Climate

Description

The WHO Atlas of Health and Climate does not offer world-wide maps of direct and indirect climate impacts on health but illustrates the phenomena with numerous case studies. Its features a dedicated section on emerging environmental challenges which, i.a., shows that extreme heat or UV-injuries – unlike many other hazards – have a particularly high influence in relatively wealthy regions like Europe (where lack of natural accomodation meets an increased demographic vulnerability).

Reference information

Source:
This publication is part of the resources offered at the WHO's portal on Climate Change .
Contributor:
World Health Organization

Published in Climate-ADAPT Jan 20 2017   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Apr 04 2024

Created by:

Ivo Offenthaler

Reviewed by:

Valentina Giannini

Publications and Reports Documents (1)

Date of publication:

2012

Health impact:

-NONSPECIFIC-

Keywords:

climate services, hazard mapping, heat stress, infectious diseases

Climate impacts:

Droughts, Extreme Temperatures, Flooding, Ice and Snow, Storms, Water Scarcity

Adaptation elements:

Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment, Climate services

Sectors:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Health

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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