Background The observational evidence of the impacts of climate conditions on human
health is accumulating. A variety of direct, indirect, and systemically mediated health effects …

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 …

Background The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere
is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible …

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 …

Executive summary There is now clear evidence that human actions, principally the burning
of fossil fuels and associated release of climate pollutants, are causing significant changes …

Background Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our
ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising …

A now-famous study calculated in 2003 that at least 166,000 annual deaths and 5.5 million
disability-adjusted life years from malnutrition, diarrheal disease, malaria, floods, and …

Human health has always been influenced by climate and weather. Changes in climate and
climate variability, particularly changes in weather extremes, affect the environment that …

The most severe consequences of climate change will accrue to the poorest people in the
poorest countries, despite their own negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. In …

Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health
effects, including heat-related disorders, infectious diseases, respiratory and allergic …