Climate change and its impacts on health, environment and economy

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2022

Authors

Rocha, J (Author) Other; Oliveira, S (Author) Other; Viana, CM (Author) Other; Ribeiro, AI (Author) FMUP

Book

Title: One Health: Integrated Approach to 21st Century Challenges to Health

Pages: 253-279

Electronic ISBN: 9780128227954

Indexing

Scopus

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00X-6F3

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-822794-7.00009-5

Abstract (EN): Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Global surface temperatures are rising and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms, are expected to increase in the upcoming decades. Humans, animals, and the overall environment, will be impacted by climate change. Health can be affected directly through environmental hazards and through changes in the patterns and dynamics of a subset of infectious diseases; indirectly, health can be affected by changes in food sources, disruption of methods of food production, and decreased economic productivity. This chapter intents to review the pathways by which climate change may affect health under the transdisciplinary One Health perspective. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific