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Climate change and global health: a call to more research and more action

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Agache, Ioana, Sampath, Vanitha, Aguilera, Juan, Akdis, Cezmi A., Akdis, Mubeccel, Barry, Michele, Bouagnon, Aude, Chinthrajah, Sharon +24 more·2022·Allergy

Abstract

There is increasing understanding, globally, that climate change and increased pollution will have a profound and mostly harmful effect on human health. This review brings together international experts to describe both the direct (such as heat waves) and indirect (such as vector‐borne disease incidence) health impacts of climate change. These impacts vary depending on vulnerability (i.e., existing diseases) and the international, economic, political, and environmental context. This unique review also expands on these issues to address a third category of potential longer‐term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, and environmental justice and education. This scholarly resource explores these issues fully, linking them to global health in urban and rural settings in developed and developing countries. The review finishes with a practical discussion of action that health professionals around the world in our field can yet take.

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  • Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as thunderstorms, wildfires, droughts, and heat waves.

    “Increased fossil fuel use has increased carbon dioxide concentrations leading to global warming and climate change with increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as thunderstorms, wildfires, droughts, and heat waves.”

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    The Introduction says climate change has increased the intensity and frequency of weather events including heatwaves, drought and wildfire. But the “Climate change and thunderstorm asthma” section says the effect on thunderstorms remains scientifically uncertain, despite emerging evidence from the Southern Great Plains. The claim overstates the evidence for thunderstorms. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides, which trap heat and increase global temperatures.

    “Fossil fuels, when burned, emit greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane, and nitrous oxides, which trap heat and increase global temperatures.1,2”
  • Climate change indirectly affects other determinants of human health, such as decreased food security and access to clean water, increased human migration, geographic spread of infectious vectors, and loss of biodiversity.

    “Climate change also indirectly affects other determinants of human health, such as decreased food security and access to clean water, increased human migration, geographic spread of infectious vectors, and loss of biodiversity. 1”
  • Extreme weather events directly affect human health and wellbeing.

    “Extreme weather events directly affect human health and wellbeing.”

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Agache, I., Sampath, V., Aguilera, J., Akdis, C. A., Akdis, M., Barry, M., Bouagnon, A., Chinthrajah, S., Collins, W., Dulitzki, C., Erny, B., Gomez, J., Goshua, A., Jutel, M., Kizer, K. W., Kline, O., LaBeaud, A. D., Pali‐Schöll, I., Perrett, K. P., Peters, R. L., Plaza, M. P., Prunicki, M., Sack, T., Salas, R. N., Sindher, S. B., Sokolow, S. H., Thiel, C., Veidis, E., Wray, B. D., Traidl‐Hoffmann, C., Witt, C., & Nadeau, K. C.
Affiliations
  • Transilvania University of Brașov (RO)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) University Zurich Davos Switzerland
  • Center for Innovation in Global Health Stanford University Stanford California USA
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research Stanford University Stanford California USA
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of Wrocław (PL)
  • Atlas Research, LLC Washington District of Columbia USA
  • University of Vienna (AT)
  • Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • University of Augsburg (DE)
  • My Green Doctor Foundation Jacksonville Florida USA
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Corresponding author
Nadeau, Kari C.
Venue
Allergy
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-02-08
Volume
77
Issue
5
Pages
1389-1407
ISSN
  • 0105-4538 (ISSN-L)
  • 1398-9995
OpenAlex
W4207054661
Cited by
183
References
155
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 23
FWCI
3.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Allergy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
  • Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
  • OPUS (Augsburg University) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL152953)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES032253)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
Keywords
climate change, global health, heat waves, vector-borne diseases, pollution, health vulnerability, famine, population displacement, environmental justice, health education
MeSH terms
Environmental Pollution, Humans, Global Health, Climate Change

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