Self-organising systems adapt to environmental change, and this ability modulates the
relationship between specific exposures and outcomes. Vulnerability can be thought of as …

The warming of the planet will be gradual but the frequency and severity of extreme weather
events, such as intense storms, heat waves, droughts and floods could be abrupt-the …

In the early 1990s, there was very little awareness of the risks posed to the health of human
populations by global climate change. In part this reflected epidemiologists' limited …

This paper synthesizes what is known about the physical and biophysical impacts of climate
change and their consequences for societies and development under different levels of …

Climate change and health has been given increas-ing attention during recent years, largely
initiated and triggered by the insightful report by McMichael and colleagues published a …

This commentary critically engages with the argument that climate change is the greatest
threat to global health in the twenty‐first century. A review of climate‐health examples …

There is near unanimous scientific consensus that the world's climate is changing and most
of the warming is attributable to human activities. Over the past few decades, economic …

Preface the global community has had a “blind spot” concerning the extent of the risks posed
by human-induced climate change to the well-being, health and physical survival of …

The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is now clear and convincing. The Earth's
surface has warmed by more than 0.8 C over the past century, and by approximately 0.6 C in …

x CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH works towards these ends. It provides a
comprehensive update of a previous review, published in 1996. More importantly, it expands …