This study in Global Change Biology reports differences in cooling efficiency trends of urban trees between European regions, and highlights issues that affect cooling benefits. Planting trees in urban areas is a popular strategy for reducing temperatures in cities under global warming
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This factsheet highlights how wildfires are increasing around the world due to higher temperatures, more arid seasons, and dry vegetation and soil. The frequency, intensity, and duration of wildfire season is increasing and contributing to health problems
This factsheet highlights how extreme heat and heat stress, in combination with air pollution (including from wildfires), may exacerbate existing health conditions and lead to death and disease. 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
Heat in the 2022 summer caused more than 61,000 excess heat-related deaths among the European population, according to a study published in Nature Medicine. Countries in Southern Europe, including Italy, Greece , Spain and Portugal , suffered most, with h eat-related mortality rates ranging between 295 and 211 deaths per million people
A study published in Climate and Atmospheric Science , a partner journal of Nature, finds that different indices used to express the health impacts of heat stress (HSIs) assign different relative importances to temperature and humidity, and may therefore support different adaptation measures to reduce adverse health effects. In hot atmospheric conditions, humans sweat to maintain the body’s internal temperature
The ENBEL project , that brings together climate change and health researchers, has made a series of five short educational videos to give more information on how climate change effects our health and what we can do about it. The African continent - as the rest of the world - is faced with climate change health effects such as heat and infectious diseases, often affecting the most vulnerable groups in society
Concerns about climate change impair mental health, with significant implications for childbearing decision-making. These are the conclusions of a recent synthesizing study, based on data primarily from the Global North including several European countries
With climate change, the likelihood of extremely hot days, associated with excess mortality, is increasing rapidly. According to a recent study published in Nature Climate and Atmospheric Science, in the hottest of 12 selected locations in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, maximum daily temperatures above 50°C are becoming 10 to 1000 times more likely than in pre-industrial times, and by the end of the century such extremes could occur every year in the hottest locations due to human influence
The European Climate Data Explorer is a graphical user interface on Climate-ADAPT that provides access to many climate indices from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), including indices related to the impact of climate change on health.
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
Extreme heat affects health and wellbeing. In this policy brief , ENBEL , a European project aimed at connecting health and climate change research, explains how climate services developed in partnerships between national weather agencies and the health sector can protect populations from heatwaves and manage health services better
Exposure to high temperatures impacts human health but some individuals are more at risk due to higher exposures or differential susceptibility. In its policy brief , ENBEL , a European project aimed at connecting health and climate change research, summarises the growing body of evidence on vulnerable groups and prevention measures in heat health action plans
The surveillance system set up by the Canary Islands Government aims to remove certain fish containing ciguatoxins from the market and to improve the detection of ciguatera in humans. The case study illustrates benefits to artisanal fisheries and public health
This document by HealthCare Without Harm (HCWH) Europe provides an introduction to basic interview techniques and how to speak to the media about health impacts of climate change. It provides practical tips and key messages on climate change and health to prepare for media opportunities.
Aflatoxin (AF) contamination in maize is of worldwide importance. Aspergillus flavus and A
Climate change impacts health directly due to extreme weather events. Extreme heat, rising sea levels, floods, extreme precipitation, droughts, and storms are increasingly frequent and lead to tens of thousands of deaths every year, mainly in low- and middle-income countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that climate change poses potentially the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. Extreme temperatures, increased pollen and extreme weather events are climate impacts that will affect respiratory health
There is growing evidence that climate change is linked to observed changes in vector-borne disease (VBD) endemicity; this, in turn, is caused by shifts in vector distribution and expansion of vector species into geographical regions that were hitherto unsuitable for climatic reasons. These changes have led to the emergence of VBDs that were historically absent because of climatic unsuitability in areas where the current climate enables pathogen transmission by local vectors
CLIMOS Talks is a podcast series, consisting of a set of informal conversations that explain the CLIMOS project. CLIMOS (Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation with Cost-benefit and Climate-policy Measures) aims at tackling an important vector-borne diseases transmission system susceptible to climate and environmental changes
This video explains the relevance of the CLIMOS (Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation with Cost-benefit and Climate-policy Measures) project in tackling an important vector-borne diseases transmission system susceptible to climate and environmental changes.
This report provides an overview of the health impacts of climate change in Germany and ways to respond and build resilience, thereby paying attention to specific vulnerable groups. It contains three parts based on reviews by leading scientists
The report, which is concerned with the practice of Landscape Architecture to improve the quality of life in cities, outlines the context of climate change in terms of the science, the politics and aspirations, both in Europe and globally. It discusses how cities are changing, how their resident populations are at risk, and how Covid-19 has further complicated the situation, perhaps advancing even more urgently the need for action
Green and blue spaces, such as parks, gardens, green walls, street trees and water bodies, function among others as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation through, for example, providing urban cooling and reducing flood risks. The spaces are also locations that enable physical activity, mental well-being and social interactions
The Lancet Countdown, an international research collaboration monitoring the evolving impacts of climate change on health, reveals in its 2023 report again alarming trends in the health impacts of climate change. It warns that these risks could worsen steeply in years to come without action
Adopted on 6 July 2023 by health and environment ministers of the countries of the WHO European Region, the Budapest Declaration formulates political commitments and actions to address the health risks posed by the triple crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss along with – and in the context of – recovery from COVID-19. The Declaration prioritizes urgent, wide-ranging action on health challenges related to this triple crisis, and aims to accelerate the just transition towards resilient, healthy, equitable and sustainable societies
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The Heat Toolkit is a set of resources developed by the Red Cross Red Crescent Network to help communities prepare for heat waves. It includes guides, campaign material for awareness raising, case studies, policy briefs and research reports
This letter published in the Portuguese Journal of Public Health reflects on the needs and interests from different audiences in training on climate change and health and the impact that is foreseen in mainstreaming the climate-health topic. It also presents experiences and lessons learnt from a training prepared and organized by the NOVA National School of Public Health of NOVA University of Lisbon (ENSP-NOVA) in 2023 that focused on climate change and its impact on public health
Heat exposure can have direct effects such as heat stress or dehydration, or indirect effects such as a worsening of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, kidney diseases or electrolyte disorders. Ultimately, heat can lead to death
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