Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation

SL Harlan, DM Ruddell - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2011 - Elsevier
Excess morbidity and mortality related to extremely hot weather and poor air quality are
found in cities worldwide. This is a major public health concern for cities now and looking …

Climate change: the public health response

H Frumkin, J Hess, G Luber… - … journal of public …, 2008 - ajph.aphapublications.org
There is scientific consensus that the global climate is changing, with rising surface
temperatures, melting ice and snow, rising sea levels, and increasing climate variability …

Synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction in China: Spatial–temporal characteristics, regional differences, and convergence

C Nie, CC Lee - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Promoting the synergy of pollution control (PC) and carbon reduction (CR) is an important
strategy for ecological civilization construction in China. Based on constructing a measuring …

Ambient air pollution, climate change, and population health in China

H Kan, R Chen, S Tong - Environment international, 2012 - Elsevier
As the largest developing country, China has been changing rapidly over the last three
decades and its economic expansion is largely driven by the use of fossil fuels, which leads …

[图书][B] Fundamentals of ecotoxicology

MC Newman - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

Public health co-benefits of greenhouse gas emissions reduction: a systematic review

J Gao, S Kovats, S Vardoulakis, P Wilkinson… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Public health co-benefits from curbing climate change can make
greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategies more attractive and increase their …

Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change

A Haines, KR Smith, D Anderson, PR Epstein… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
The absence of reliable access to clean energy and the services it provides imposes a large
disease burden on low-income populations and impedes prospects for development …

Co-benefits and additionality of the clean development mechanism: An empirical analysis

J Zhang, C Wang - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011 - Elsevier
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows industrialized countries to comply with
the Kyoto Protocol by using carbon offsets from developing countries. There are two puzzles …

[HTML][HTML] Towards cool cities and communities: Preparing for an increasingly hot future by the development of heat-resilient infrastructure and urban heat management …

Y Cui, M Yin, X Cheng, J Tang, BJ He - Environmental Technology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Planning for extreme heat challenges is an urgent task for urban planners, designers, and
managers because urban heat is a new normal climate-related challenge for many cities …

Co-benefits of climate mitigation and health protection in energy systems: scoping methods

KR Smith, E Haigler - Annu. Rev. Public Health, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Interventions in the energy sector offer significant opportunities for reducing both
greenhouse and other health-damaging pollution, resulting in what are called “co-benefits.” …