Policy-makers are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate variability and change on the health of vulnerable populations. Variations and trends in climatic factors and extreme weather events impact many health outcomes, including malaria, heat stressand undernutrition.

Climate Information for Public Health Action is based on the premise that climate knowledge and information can help protect the public from climate-sensitive health risks. With a focus on infectious disease, hydro-meteorological disasters and nutrition, the book explores why, when and how data on the historical, current and future (from days to decades) climate can be incorporated into health decision-making. Created as a collaborative effort between climate and health experts, this book targets a broad technical public health community, alongside development practitioners and policy-makers engaged in climate change adaptation. It may also guide climate experts in the development of climate services tailored to health needs. Written in an accessible, informative style, while maintaining the highest technical and scientific standards, it will also be a valuable resource for students and academics studying and working in the emerging field of environment and health.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315115603, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2018

ISBN

9781351631105

Edition

Topic

Politik & Internationale Beziehungen

Subtopic

Umwelt- & Energiepolitik

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
List of case studies
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Health priorities in a changing climate
2. Climate impacts on disasters, infectious diseases and nutrition
3. Connecting climate information with health outcomes
4. Climate basics
5. Climate variability and trends: drivers
6. Climate data: the past and present
7. Weather forecasts: up to one week in advance
8. Climate forecasts for early warning: up to six months in advance
9. Climate information for adaptation: from years to decades
10. Climate information for public health action: challenges and opportunities
Index