The term energy poverty (EP), mostly used to capture problems related to an inadequate access to energy suppliers in developing countries, and that of fuel poverty (FP), commonly …
Executive Summary The IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the challenges of climate action in the context of sustainable development with a …
Urban heat, the combined effect of heatwaves and urban heat islands (UHIs), is a severe challenge for many cities around the world. While there have been numerous studies on …
P Tschakert, NR Ellis, C Anderson, A Kelly… - Global Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
A situated and socially engaged science of loss arising from climate change takes people's lived experiences with risk and harm as its fundamental starting point. It foregrounds what …
The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation …
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is seeking to prepare for losses arising from climate change. This is an emerging issue that challenges …
BACKGROUND: The on-going climate change is predicted to yield a growing number of extreme climate events which will increase in both intensity and frequency. Increased …
CJ Gronlund - Current epidemiology reports, 2014 - Springer
Adaptation to increasing extreme heat in a changing climate requires a precise understanding of who is most vulnerable to the health effects of extreme heat. The evidence …
S Curtis, A Fair, J Wistow, DV Val, K Oven - Environmental Health, 2017 - Springer
This review, commissioned by the Research Councils UK Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) programme, concerns research on the impacts on health and social care …