Climate Information for Public Health Action
eBook - ePub

Climate Information for Public Health Action

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Climate Information for Public Health Action

About this book

Policy-makers are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate variability and change on the health of vulnerable populations. Variations and trends in climatic factors and extreme weather events impact many health outcomes, including malaria, heat stressand undernutrition.

Climate Information for Public Health Action is based on the premise that climate knowledge and information can help protect the public from climate-sensitive health risks. With a focus on infectious disease, hydro-meteorological disasters and nutrition, the book explores why, when and how data on the historical, current and future (from days to decades) climate can be incorporated into health decision-making. Created as a collaborative effort between climate and health experts, this book targets a broad technical public health community, alongside development practitioners and policy-makers engaged in climate change adaptation. It may also guide climate experts in the development of climate services tailored to health needs. Written in an accessible, informative style, while maintaining the highest technical and scientific standards, it will also be a valuable resource for students and academics studying and working in the emerging field of environment and health.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315115603, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."

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Yes, you can access Climate Information for Public Health Action by Madeleine C. Thomson, Simon J. Mason, Madeleine C. Thomson,Simon J. Mason in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Sustainable Development. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. List of boxes
  9. List of case studies
  10. List of contributors
  11. Foreword
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. List of abbreviations
  14. 1. Health priorities in a changing climate
  15. 2. Climate impacts on disasters, infectious diseases and nutrition
  16. 3. Connecting climate information with health outcomes
  17. 4. Climate basics
  18. 5. Climate variability and trends: drivers
  19. 6. Climate data: the past and present
  20. 7. Weather forecasts: up to one week in advance
  21. 8. Climate forecasts for early warning: up to six months in advance
  22. 9. Climate information for adaptation: from years to decades
  23. 10. Climate information for public health action: challenges and opportunities
  24. Index