[HTML][HTML] Chemicals in European residences–Part I: A review of emissions, concentrations and health effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

CH Halios, C Landeg-Cox, SD Lowther… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the more important classes of potentially toxic indoor air chemicals are the Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs). However, due to a limited understanding of the relationships …

[HTML][HTML] Indicators to support local public health to reduce the impacts of heat on health

P Murage, S Hajat, HL Macintyre, GS Leonardi… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat exposure presents a significant weather-related health risk in England and Wales, and
is associated with acute impacts on mortality and adverse effects on a range of clinical …

Heatwave mortality in summer 2020 in England: An observational study

R Thompson, O Landeg, I Kar-Purkayastha… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
High ambient temperatures pose a significant risk to health. This study investigates the
heatwave mortality in the summer of 2020 during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) …

The influence of future weather pattern changes and projected sea-level rise on coastal flood impacts around the UK

RJ Perks, D Bernie, J Lowe, R Neal - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
When local extreme water levels surpass defences, the consequences can be devastating.
We assess the importance of sea-level rise and future weather pattern changes on UK …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing climate risk using ensembles: A novel framework for applying and extending open-source climate risk assessment platforms

LC Dawkins, DJ Bernie, JA Lowe… - Climate Risk Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change adaptation decisions often require the consideration of risk rather than the
environmental hazard alone. One approach for quantifying risk is to use a risk assessment …

Regional research-practice-policy partnerships in response to climate-related disparities: promoting health equity in the Pacific

LA Palinkas, M O'Donnell, S Kemp, J Tiatia… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although climate change poses a threat to health and well-being globally, a regional
approach to addressing climate-related health equity may be more suitable, appropriate …

Updated projections of UK heat-related mortality using policy-relevant global warming levels and socio-economic scenarios

K Jenkins, A Kennedy-Asser… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
High temperatures and heatwaves are associated with significant impacts on human health.
With continued global temperature increases, extreme thresholds relevant to health will be …

[PDF][PDF] National environment and assets

P Berry, I Brown - The third UK climate change risk assessment …, 2021 - pure.sruc.ac.uk
Climate change continues to affect the natural environment across the UK and so this
chapter has the same general scope as of Chapter 3 in CCRA2, and correspondingly …

Assessing the materiality of nature-related financial risks for the UK

N Ranger, T Oliver, J Alvarez, S Battiston, S Bekker… - 2024 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
At least half of global GDP is moderately or highly directly dependent on nature, and
ultimately there is no economy without its critical services, including clean and abundant …

Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds: Concentration Characteristics and Health Risk Analysis on a University Campus

S Jin, L Zhong, X Zhang, X Li, B Li, X Fang - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major indoor air pollutants that contain several toxic
substances. However, there are few studies on health risk assessments of indoor VOCs in …