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Climate change and human health - risks and responses. Summary.

This booklet is a summary of the book "Climate change and human health - risks and responses" published by WHO in collaboration with UNEP and WMO.


Climate change and human health - risks and responses. Summary.
2003, 37 pages [E]
ISBN 92 4 159081 5

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Climate change and human health - risks and responses. Summary [pdf 629kb]

En Español:

Cambio climático y salud humana - riesgos y respuestas. Resumen [pdf 2.02Mb]

En français:

Changement climatique et santé humaine: Risques et mesures à prendre [pdf 787kb]

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Climate change and human health - risks and responses
The full report is available as a book and can be ordered online.

Download individual chapters of the summary (English only)

Global climate change and health: an old story writ large [pdf 115kb]

Weather and climate: changing human exposures [pdf 147kb]

International consensus on the science of climate and health: the IPCC Third Assessment Report [pdf 103kb]

Looking to the future: challenges for scientists studying climate change and health [pdf 151kb]

Health impacts of climate extremes [pdf 72kb]

Climate change and infectious diseases [pdf 182kb]

How much disease would climate change cause? [pdf 118kb]

Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and health [pdf 107kb]

National assessments of health impacts of climate change [pdf 102kb]

Monitoring the health effects of climate change [pdf 82kb]

Adaptation and adaptive capacity, to lessen health impacts [pdf 90kb]

From science to policy: developing responses to climate change [pdf 70kb]

Conclusions and recommendations for action [pdf 118kb]

Glossary [pdf 89kb]

References [pdf 71kb]

Acknowlegdements and contact information [pdf 121kb]



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