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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Climate change affects many natural and social systems and processes that are essential for
life. It disrupts the Earth's life-support systems that underpin the world's capacity to supply …

The work of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has contributed
greatly to the advancement of knowledge about the causes and consequences of climate …

Background: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States passed a World
Health Assembly resolution that identified the following five priority areas for research and …

There is near unanimous scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions generated by
human activity will change Earth's climate. The recent (globally averaged) warming by 0· 5° …