Health and Climate Change

Unraveling the Connections

Saroj Pachauri, Ash Pachauri, M.P. Jonathan

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443292415
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Health and Climate Change: Unraveling the Connections researches the linkages between climate change and human health as reported from Mexico, the UK, USA, India, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The book's chapters cover the multidimensional impacts of climate change on various aspects such as habitability, biodiversity, natural resources, and human health. This information from developed and developing countries will be of immense interest to the global audience of researchers, activists, governments, and others.Climate change, one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, has serious adverse effects on human health. Extreme climate events increase mortality and morbidity, the prevalence of water- and vector-borne diseases, malnutrition, and respiratory diseases. Climate change has serious effects on mental health. Mental health is impacted directly and indirectly resulting in mental illnesses and suicidal mortality. Global heating, due to the increasing greenhouse effect, has disturbed the energetic balance of the Earth and destroyed its fragile climate. It is creating an atmospheric imbalance with toxins that are affecting the human nervous system and, thereby, impacting health. - Provides research to understand issues and plan preventive strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on human health - Includes case studies that encompass a range of themes, concepts, and theories which contribute to a better understanding of the problem in multiple regions and countries worldwide - Written by global experts in the field

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• About the editors
• About the authors
• Foreword I
• Foreword II
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Global warming impacts on earth: damage to human health
• Chapter 2 : Understanding the dynamics of climate stress and mental health in urban and rural India
• Chapter 3 : The intricate relationship between the human brain and anthropogenic global warming: impact of global warming on mental health
• Chapter 4 : Scorching heat impact on health: increasing deaths from mental health problems
• Chapter 5 : Proposal for postmetaphysical thinking to face the challenge of the Anthropocene and climate change
• Chapter 6 : Enemies of the hormones: microplastics and endocrine disruptors impacting public health
• Chapter 7 : Effects of plastics and microplastics on marine ecosystems: a global review
• Chapter 8 : The impact of Sargassum on human and environmental health: a study in Mexico
• Chapter 9 : Massive presence of Sargassum on the coasts of Quintana Roo, Mexico, and its relationship with human health and air quality
• Chapter 10 : Our children’s health depends on climate action
• Chapter 11 : Climate change and health issues: an Afrocentric perspective
• Chapter 12 : Climate change impact on health in Bangladesh
• Chapter 13 : Climate change and its impact on women in South Asia: evidence from a gender lens
• Chapter 14 : Civilization resilience: a new perspective for addressing climate change and health threats
• Chapter 15 : Unraveling mental health effects of extreme climate in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scooping discrete choice case study in Nigeria
• Chapter 16 : A case for nature: the climate and public health co-benefits of nature-based solutions
• Chapter 17 : Active participation of youth in addressing climate change issues
• Chapter 18 : Climate change, health, and leadership: a 4M approach to complex challenges using Integral Theory
• Chapter 19 : Facing the climate-human health challenge: role of governmental and nongovernmental organizations in India
• Chapter 20 : Climate change–WASH services–health nexus: the Indian case
• Chapter 21 : The giving economy: a future of negatively priced goods and services
• Index
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