Climate change is the greatest existential challenge to planetary and human health and is
dictated by a shift in the Earth's weather and air conditions owing to anthropogenic activity …

Background: Climate change is rapidly affecting all the regions of our planet. The most
relevant example is global warming, which impacts on the earth's ecosystems, threatening …

Classical risk factors only partially account for variations in cardiovascular disease
incidence; therefore, also other so far unknown features, among which meteorological …

Extreme heat events are now more frequent in many parts of the world as a result of climate
change. The combined effects of heat, air pollution, individual age, and socioeconomic and …

Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

The earth's climate is changing and increasing ambient heat levels are emerging in large
areas of the world. An important cause of this change is the anthropogenic emission of …

Objectives Several categories of ill health important at the global level are likely to be
affected by climate change. To date the focus of this association has been on communicable …

Background The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere
is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible …

McMichael AJ, Lindgren E (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden). Climate change: present and future risks to health …

Importance Health is inextricably linked to climate change. It is important for clinicians to
understand this relationship in order to discuss associated health risks with their patients …