The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises

N Watts, M Amann, N Arnell, S Ayeb-Karlsson… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to
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[HTML][HTML] Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: Literature review, research priorities and policy suggestions

M Neira, K Erguler, H Ahmady-Birgani… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022

J Ballester, M Quijal-Zamorano… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Over 70,000 excess deaths occurred in Europe during the summer of 2003. The resulting
societal awareness led to the design and implementation of adaptation strategies to protect …

Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe

P Masselot, M Mistry, J Vanoli, R Schneider… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Heat and cold are established environmental risk factors for human health.
However, mapping the related health burden is a difficult task due to the complexity of the …

Urban heat: an increasing threat to global health

S Tong, J Prior, G McGregor, X Shi, P Kinney - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Urban heat: an increasing threat to global health Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2021;375:n2467 | doi:
10.1136/bmj.n2467 1 BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Urban heat: an increasing threat to …

Small-area assessment of temperature-related mortality risks in England and Wales: a case time series analysis

A Gasparrini, P Masselot, M Scortichini… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Epidemiological literature on the health risks associated with non-optimal
temperature has mostly reported average estimates across large areas or specific …

Heterogeneous climate change impacts on electricity demand in world cities circa mid-century

Y Romitti, I Sue Wing - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Rising ambient temperatures due to climate change will increase urban populations'
exposures to extreme heat. During hot hours, a key protective adaptation is increased air …

Mapping social vulnerability indicators to understand the health impacts of climate change: a scoping review

A Li, M Toll, R Bentley - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
The need to assess and measure how social vulnerability influences the health impacts of
climate change has resulted in a rapidly growing body of research literature. To date, there …

Combined effect of hot weather and outdoor air pollution on respiratory health: Literature review

E Grigorieva, A Lukyanets - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory health is
well documented. At the same time, it is widely known that extreme weather events …

Nationwide analysis of the heat-and cold-related mortality trends in Switzerland between 1969 and 2017: the role of population aging

E de Schrijver, M Bundo, MS Ragettli… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Because older adults are particularly vulnerable to nonoptimal temperatures, it
is expected that the progressive population aging will amplify the health burden attributable …