The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) held a workshop in Seattle (March 1
and 2, 2018) to plan a new Initiative—the Global Burden of Disease (GBD)-Pollution and …

Pollution and climate change are two hallmarks of the Anthropocene Age; they are grave
consequences of human activity on planetary health. 1–4 These twin threats arise from …

Air pollution and climate change are both threats to population health worldwide. In the UK,
we have seen how climate change is already affecting all the systems on which our health …

The progression of climate change is increasingly recognised as a climate emergency by
international advisory bodies and governments worldwide, and there are growing warnings …

We live in a so-called risk society. The renowned sociologist and social thinker Ulrich Beck
defines a risk society as an inescapable structural condition of advanced industrialisation. 1 …

Summary The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was
responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest …

The underlying processes are global in scale, and the natural systems affected are part of
earth's life-supporting infrastructure. This type of health risk thus differs noticeably from more …

Background Exposure to ambient air pollution increases morbidity and mortality, and is a
leading contributor to global disease burden. We explored spatial and temporal trends in …

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Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health. This highlevel meeting brings together
global, national, and local leaders in environmental health, climate change, and NCD …