Health and Climate Change

Unraveling the Connections
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-29240-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 564 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1116 g

Health and Climate Change: Unraveling the Connections researches the linkages between climate change and human health as reported from Mexico, the UK, USA, India, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The book's chapters cover the multidimensional impacts of climate change on various aspects such as habitability, biodiversity, natural resources, and human health. This information from developed and developing countries will be of immense interest to the global audience of researchers, activists, governments, and others.

Climate change, one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, has serious adverse effects on human health. Extreme climate events increase mortality and morbidity, the prevalence of water- and vector-borne diseases, malnutrition, and respiratory diseases. Climate change has serious effects on mental health. Mental health is impacted directly and indirectly resulting in mental illnesses and suicidal mortality. Global heating, due to the increasing greenhouse effect, has disturbed the energetic balance of the Earth and destroyed its fragile climate. It is creating an atmospheric imbalance with toxins that are affecting the human nervous system and, thereby, impacting health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pachauri, Saroj

Pachauri, Ash

Jonathan, M P

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Theme 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health Due to Anthropogenic Activities
1. Global warming impact on earth: Damage to human health
2. Understanding the dynamics of climate stress and mental health in urban and rural India
3. The intricate relationship between the human brain and anthropogenic global warming: The impact of global warming on mental health
4. Scorching heat impacts on health: Increasing deaths from mental health problems
5. Proposing a post-metaphysical thought for meeting the challenge of climate change

Theme 2: The Impact on Microplastics, Endocrinal Disrupting Agents, and Sargassum on Health
6. Enemies of the hormones: Microplastics and endocrine disruptors impacting public health
7. Effects and impacts of microplastics on marine system: A global review
8. The impact of sargassum on human health: A study in Mexico
9. Massive presence of sargassum on the coasts of Quintana Roo, Mexico and its relationship with human health and air quality

Theme 3: Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations Across Varied Regions Using the Lens of Equity and Justice
10. Child health equity: The health effects of climate change on children in frontline communities
11. Climate change and health issues: An afrocentric perspective
12. Health impact of climate change in Bangladesh
13. Climate change and its impact on women in South Asia: Evidence from a gender lens
14. Civilization resilience: A new perspective for addressing climate change and health threats

Theme 4: Interdisciplinary, Multisectoral, and Multilevel Interventions to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change
15. Unravelling the mental health effects of people in communities affected by extreme climate in
16. A case for nature: Nature-based climate solutions and their public health co-benefits
17. Active participation of youth in addressing climate change issues
18. Climate change, health, and leadership: Four principles for responding to complex challenges
19. Facing the climate health challenge: Role of governmental and non-governmental efforts in India
20. Climate change-WASH services-health nexus: The Indian case
21. The giving economy: A future of negatively priced goods and services

Über Autor(innen)

Pachauri, Saroj
As a public health physician, Dr. Pachauri has been extensively engaged with research on family planning, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and AIDS, and poverty, gender and youth. In 1996, she joined as Regional Director, South and East Asia, Population Council and established its regional office in New Delhi which she managed until 2014. In 2011, she was awarded the prestigious title of Distinguished Scholar, an honor rarely bestowed.

She worked with the Ford Foundation's New Delhi Office (1983-1994) and supported child survival, women's health, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV and AIDS programs. Before that, she worked with the International Fertility Research Program (IFRP) which was later renamed Family Health International (1971-1975) and the India Fertility Research Programme (1975-1983). She designed and monitored multi-centric clinical trials globally to assess the safety and effectiveness of fertility control technologies. During 1962-1971, as faculty of the Departments of Preventive and Social Medicine at the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi and the Institute of Medicine Sciences, Varanasi, she helped to develop this new discipline.

She has published seven books and contributed chapters to 20 books. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several articles in print media.

Pachauri, Ash
Dr. Ash Pachauri has a PhD in Decision Behavior and a Master's Degree in International Management. He worked with McKinsey and Company before pursuing a career in the social development arena, Dr. Pachauri's experience in the fields of public health and management emerges from a range of initiatives including those of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the US. He is a co-editor of three books and has contributed chapters to over six books and has more than 50 publications. He is Technical Adviser to the World Health Organization on Self-Care global guidelines.