Health effects of climate change: an overview of systematic reviews

RJ Rocque, C Beaudoin, R Ndjaboue, L Cameron… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We aimed to develop a systematic synthesis of systematic reviews of health
impacts of climate change, by synthesising studies' characteristics, climate impacts, health …

Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with …

M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban overheating is documented for more than 400 major cities in the world. Numerous
experimental data show that the magnitude of the average temperature increase may …

Thirty years of regional climate modeling: where are we and where are we going next?

F Giorgi - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2019 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the development of the first regional climate
model (RCM), and here an overview is provided of the progress in regional modeling …

Projecting heat-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios in China

J Yang, M Zhou, Z Ren, M Li, B Wang, DL Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent studies have reported a variety of health consequences of climate change. However,
the vulnerability of individuals and cities to climate change remains to be evaluated. We …

Global risk of deadly heat

C Mora, B Dousset, IR Caldwell, FE Powell… - Nature climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Climate change can increase the risk of conditions that exceed human thermoregulatory
capacity,,,,,. Although numerous studies report increased mortality associated with extreme …

Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios

A Gasparrini, Y Guo, F Sera… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Climate change can directly affect human health by varying exposure to non-
optimal outdoor temperature. However, evidence on this direct impact at a global scale is …

The urban heat island: implications for health in a changing environment

C Heaviside, H Macintyre, S Vardoulakis - Current environmental health …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a well-studied phenomenon,
whereby urban areas are generally warmer than surrounding suburban and rural areas. The …

Extreme heat waves under 1.5 C and 2 C global warming

A Dosio, L Mentaschi, EM Fischer… - Environmental research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Severe, extreme, and exceptional heat waves, such as those that occurred over the Balkans
(2007), France (2003), or Russia (2010), are associated with increased mortality, human …

The interplay of climate change and air pollution on health

H Orru, KL Ebi, B Forsberg - Current environmental health reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Air pollution significantly affects health, causing up to 7 million
premature deaths annually with an even larger number of hospitalizations and days of sick …

Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

L Zhao, M Oppenheimer, Q Zhu… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Heat waves (HWs) are among the most damaging climate extremes to human society.
Climate models consistently project that HW frequency, severity, and duration will increase …