Objectives: To summarize the existing knowledge of the impact of climate change on health
from previous research in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) and identify knowledge …

Anthropologically induced climate change, caused by an increased concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is an emerging threat to human health …

Human health is linked to climatic factors in complex ways, and climate change can have
profound direct and indirect impacts on the health status of any given region. Susceptibility …

Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is undergoing a warming trend with longer and warmer
summers, an increase in the frequency and the severity of heat waves, changes in …

Cities with a Mediterranean-type climate (Med-cities) are particularly susceptible to health
risks from climate change since they are located in biogeographical hot-spots that …

Compared to other disciplines and sectors, the epidemiological and medical communities
have been slow to turn their interest to the climate impacts on health [1, 2]. Embarrassingly …

Background The consequences of climate change are highly impeding the achievement of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) anywhere, especially in low and middle-income …

Next year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will start its Fifth
Assessment Report. The role of the IPCC is to evaluate the peer reviewed literature on …

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Executive summary Climate and environmental change cause a wide range of impacts on
human health in Mediterranean countries. The vulnerability of people to the impacts of …