Health of people, health of planet and our responsibility : climate change, air pollution and health / Wael K. Al-Delaimy, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, editors.

Date:
[2020]
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Description

This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has been established through extensive published evidence and reports. However, the connections between climate change, the health of the planet and the impact on human health have not received the same level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods, storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted collaborations between physical scientists, public health researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public, faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines including the humanities, and policy makers.

Publication/Creation

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]

Physical description

xxiii, 417 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour), charts ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Complexity of life and its dependence on the environment / Werner Arber -- Biological extinction and climate change / Peter H. Raven -- Sustaining Life: Human Health-Planetary Health Linkages / Howard Frumkin -- How Do Our Actions Undermine Nature? / Partha Dasgupta -- Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health: Common sources, Similar impacts and Common solutions / Veerabhadran Ramanathan -- Air Pollution: Adverse Effects and Disease Burden / Jonathan M. Samet -- Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress and Public Health in the Anthropocene / Ulrich Pöschl -- Climate Change, Air Pollution and the Environment: The Health Argument / Maria Neira and Veerabhadran Ramanathan -- Reducing air pollution: avoidable health burden / Jos Lelieveld -- Vulnerable populations and regions: Middle East as a case study / Wael K. Al-Delaimy -- Climate Change Risks for Agriculture, Health and Nutrition / Joachim von Braun -- Sustaining Water Resources / Paolo D'Odorico and Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe -- Health, air pollution and forest fires in the Amazon / Virgilio Viana -- Psychological Impacts of Climate Change and Recommendations / Lise Van Susteren and Wael K. Al-Delaimy -- Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: A Proven Causality / Conrado J. Estol -- Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Thinking / Jamie Harvie and Erminia Guarneri -- Climate Change, Public Health, Social Peace / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Maria A. Martin -- Climate Justice and Public Health: Practical Ethics in Urgent Times / Fonna Forman -- Health of the People, Health of the Planet, Health of the Migrants / Marcelo Suárez-Orozco -- Faith in God & Health of People / Leith Anderson -- Caring for Creation: The Evangelicals Guide / Mitchell C. Hescox -- Call to Action from Faith Leaders / Alastair Redfern -- Public health co-benefits of greenhouse gas emissions / Qiyong Liu and Jinghong Gao -- Good Health in the Anthropocene Epoch: Potentials for Transformative Solutions / Andy Haines -- Well Under 2 Degrees Celsius: Ten Solutions for Carbon Neutrality and Climate Stability / V. Ramanathan, M. L. Molina, D. Zaelke, and N. Borgford-Parnell -- Defeating Energy Poverty: Invest In Scalable Solutions for the Poor / Daniel M. Kammen -- Sensor-Enabled Climate Financing for Clean Cooking / Nithya Ramanathan, Erin Ross, Tara Ramanathan, Jesse Ross, Martin Lukac, and Denisse Ruiz -- Research is vital to tackling climate change, but it cannot succeed alone / Jeremy Farrar -- Governor of California / Edmund G. Brown Jr. -- United States Congressman / Scott Peters -- Challenges and opportunities for a sustainable planet / Yuan T. Lee -- Sustainable development goals and health: toward a revolution in values / Jeffrey D. Sachs -- A Call to action by health care professionals / Edward Maibach, Mona Sarfaty, Rob Gould, Nitin Damle, and Fiona Armstrong.

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  • 9783030311247
  • 3030311244