How they are related?Explanation and understanding will help safeguard from future health hazards due to climate change.
A special report on Climate Change and Health of the ACCC (Austrian Center of Climate Change) is upcoming in autumn 2018.
Without aiming for a complete answer of your question, I think it is safe to say that they are obviously related.
There does not seem to be much disagreement that the current heatwave in Europe is a result of climate change and beyond the range of "normal" climate variability. Even without taking into account the forest fires that killed many people in e.g. Greece, we can expect a rise of mortality; the heatwave in Europe in 2003 was calculated to be the cause of aprox. 70,000 people and we will have similar numbers for 2018.
You might want to check out this EPA report as a starter: https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-human-health_.html
Unrelated to heat waves, climate change also affect habitats for vectors and presence of pathogenes that definitely have an effect on human health.
It is not my area of research, but I am sure you can find plenty of good information on it if you are interested and ask thoose that do work with it.
Also to see...
http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
More to see..
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/climatechange/health_impacts/index.cfm
To be seen...
https://unfccc.int/news/climate-change-impacts-human-health
Benni Thiebes
Human life lost due to Devastated heatwave at different parts of Europe should be an eye opener for all of us.thanks for excellent answer.
ajit
A special report on Climate Change and Health of the ACCC (Austrian Center of Climate Change) is upcoming in autumn 2018.
I believe so. And the question is not anymore "if" it exist. Evidence is overwhelming. The question now is how to face it.
Yes, I think it is happening already, the daily expansion of desert, resulted epidemics from lack of water, diseases from animal to man, excessive heat, wave and so on.
Climate change and health are definitely related according to my opinion. As the climatic conditions vary from place to place so does the type of food, diseases and surrounding environment varies. For example Flooding is a disaster which is the result of excessive rainfall or rise of sea level which is influenced by the climate, as a result of flood different water borne and other viral diseases spread which directly or indirectly effects human health. In broader aspect we can consider the food chain of human and animals as well.
I tried to put my opinion.
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Mirza
True, there is a relationship between health and climate change. Re-emerging infections, new infections etc
Definitely yes, excess carbon emissions causing climate change is the key for every effect on health.
Hello,
I read this report published by WHO:
http://www.searo.who.int/entity/noncommunicable_diseases/documents/sea-ncd-89(reduced).pdf
I am not sure it is useful but perhaps the report might be at help in some extent.
regards,
Yes they are related. The high carbon emmissions from climate change result in several health hazards. In areas where there are massive anthropogenic activities that add up to the toll of carbon emissions, there are recorded high lung-related/respiratory
and heart diseases.
Yes, I am agreeing. Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree. Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities. Climate change is real. There will always be uncertainty in understanding a system as complex as the world’s climate. However there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring. The evidence comes from direct measurements of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, flooding i.e. recent example of Kerala flooding and changes to many physical and biological systems. Consequent it affect on human health due this climate change.
Interesting points discussed Vladimir Mirkovic and Kenneth M Towe
.Many thanks.
Health risks related to climate change (UN Report)
Certain groups have higher susceptibility to climate-sensitive health impacts
Many infectious diseases, including water-borne ones, are highly sensitive to climate conditions.
Climate change lengthens the transmission season and expands the geographical range of many diseases
Climate change will bring new and emerging health issues, including heatwaves and other extreme events.
Malnutrition and under nutrition.
https://unfccc.int/news/climate-change-impacts-human-health
Climate change isn’t just bad for the planet’s health—it’s bad for people’s too. Effects will vary by age, gender, geography, and socioeconomic status—and so will remedies. A recent international study in the Lancet says that many more people will be exposed to extreme weather events over the next century than previously thought—“a potentially catastrophic risk to human health” that could undo 50 years of global health gains.
Prof Ajeet K Roy,
You got some good answers. I am not a physician , but would like to express my views on the topic.
There are many health hazards attributed to climate change in a large number of papers and writings. One can look at the issue in different ways. Global warming (which, in my opinion will be the main cause of climate change) related health hazards caused by higher temperatures, heat waves, high humidity, etc. Fears have been expressed about water-borne and endemic diseases related to floods and changes in weather and precipitation patterns. There are possibilities of increase in physical hazards such as floods, landslides, land wasting, mass movements, forest fires, even earthquakes, all of which have their own impact on human health and food security. in addition to leading to disruption of infrastructure and civic facilities. Reducing per capita water in many parts of the world (mainly because of growing population and wasteful use of water) and changes in weather pattern, coupled with pollution of water on a massive global scale would set the stage for many water-borne diseases. In my opinion, the biggest threat of global warming, climate change, and increasing human population is to agriculture and food security. Shortage of food would lead to mal-nutrition, poor health conditions, mass migrations and conflicts--a dreadful and vicious circle.
My suggestions: Adopt global-scale effective strategy and action plan for arresting the addition of green house gases in the atmosphere immediately, Control (rather arrest) population growth (both wishful thinking!), Stop wasting water and use it efficiently in agriculture, Prohibit water pollution, Promote worldwide peace, cooperation and collaboration.
Thank u dr Qasim
for excellent and educative answer even though u r not a doctor as u have expressed. Really deliberations will be useful for many.
With our birth we have to pass the phase of our regular seasonal climates which in our childhood our mother has experienced has mood & change of our health .It is this environment we has human being have experienced in the line .
It is in this line climate change & heath come under contradictory experience & in the present day of our life it creates a various norms of diseases which also make create for our worries ,tension to our members of our family .
This is my personal opinion
As per my opinion both are indirectly related. If we consider the chain : global warming-climate change- Natural disaster-sea level rise - flooding - water borne diseases - impact on human health, we can say that in a sense they are related.
I would refer you to look at: https://health2016.globalchange.gov/
As a plant pathologist since the 1970's it has been interesting to see the changes in the diseases affecting our crops in the United States. Plant pathologists would designate diseases as being located in the south or north of United States. Northern diseases abounded North of the Ohio River and the summer diseases found below that line of demarcation. During my career the Southern diseases are becoming more important and have invaded areas where they previously would not be detected and important. Southern rust of maize was considered mostly such a disease mostly found in the tropics and southern areas. In the 1990s this disease has caused repeated epidemics in Northern Midwest where previously it was virtually unknown. In this same vein the high temperature disease charcoal rot was not very important but has been greatly increased in incidence and severity as the climate has indeed changed and the pests and diseases are changing in response to these real changes. Subtle changes in temperature have major impacts on biology. When temperature changes 10 C the metabolism can be changed 2 to 3 times.
I agree absolutely that that climate change affects health. People are distributed according to climate, the hot, the cold, the temperate. Similarly, the plants and animals, their foods and related diseases. Some germs are also climatically adapted. I understand that temperate mosquitoes are not malaria-infested, and so are not harmful. Flooding and drought also carry their own health issues. Yes, climate change has health implications.
Obianuju P. Umeji
Insightful and experienced discussions are adding value in terms of knowledge.Thank u RG members for active participation on the burning topic-Climate change effect on health.
The ideas of Malthus are very attractive even after 100's of years of their continuous and continuing failure. The neo Malthusian want to suggest our issues are all related to population. Yet as Kenneth preaches this gospel there are more and healthier people than ever before. No worries except for human population. It is interesting how modern humanists do not seem to be very friendly to people themselves as the condemn their fruitness as a symptom of issue. Experience shows that indeed as socioeconomic prosperity rises the human fruitness decreases. With this reason do not worry just continue to promote economic evolution which demonstrable has always been a function of individual freedom. The geological information would suggest that as greenhouse gases arise the temperature of planet will also. The people can be generators of greenhouse gases but also are able through changes in their activities increase sequestration which leads to lessening and potential reversal of the warming trends which have been shown geologically and through the analysis of greenhouse gases in ice cores. If climate that has been demonstrated and seems to be increasing is a real threat our change in behaviors is the real opportunity. What makes this so difficult is that while there are real technological solutions these are all dependent on behavior changes and if we lull ourselves into a sleep we might not continue to identify the issues and their solution.
Climate change and health are related as adaptation and evolution to environmental changes continue to be the ongoing dance of life on planet Earth. The problem however is that climatic/environmental changes are happening at much faster rate than in the past thus, raising the question of whether or not living organisms will be as fast to adapt. Ecology teaches us that r-strategists may be the most fit for a fast changing environment, whereas k-strategists are not. As non-adaptive species become extinct and as these leave open niches to be colonized by more adaptive and new species.
These few article may give some idea, yes it affects human health
Article Climate Change: The Public Health Response
Article Climate change and women's health: Impacts and policy directions
Article Climate change and health: Moving from theory to practice
Since ancient times, peoples have been mobile towards the availability of water and land suitable for agriculture, even choosing the place of building houses, some allergies associated with some plant species and relative humidity, it seems that climate change will redistribute and spread the population
Of course, YES. Most head aches are caused by sun strikes due to the significant increase in temperature. Most allergies are caused by significant changes in atmospheric conditions contaminated by high carbon dioxide. The significant increase in temperature leads to loss of focus during work and a sense of anxiety.
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Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health - such as clean air, drinking water, adequate food and safe shelter.
Change/Evolution is part of life! The problem here is that human activities are determining changes in a very fast mode and many wonder whether these changes will jeopardize the survival of our species into the next century. The rise of new human infections are probably part of the effect of quick environmental changes and loss of biodiversity. The quest for a sustainable development should aim at slowing down the change process.
Yes indeed, an increase in temperature for example would favor the growth of bacteria, viruses,vectors and hence propagating diseases such as malaria, dengue , yellow fever, Rift valley fever. Flooding on the other hand,will tend to disrupt clean water sources water and therefore spoil drinking water this will accelerate waterborne disease such as cholera, Shigella, typhoid and many more. Furthermore flood will destroy crops in the farms leading to shortage of food and hence famine and death to large affected population. Issues pertaining to global warming Global warming has also been connected to Cardio-vascular disease because of emission of hazardous gases that are eventually inhaled by humans. Further details can also be read from the article below. Article Climate Change: The Public Health Response
It has been argued that the several degrees of global warming corresponding to the elevation of greenhouse gases from our modern age current human activities are inconsequential and cannot be addressed. Consider for a moment how very sensitive our human organism is to temperature variability and changes. The ability to produce humans is highly sensitive to temperature and the ability to lower the testicles serve as way to maintain sufficiently low temperature to favor fertile sperm production.and health. In fact the issues with non decending testicles is a growing issue associated with increased fertility issues and lower sperm numbers and health is a growing problem. This all related to slight changes in temperature. In the islands of Hawaii the dissemination of native species is related to spread upward the mountain slopes of avian malaria. The elevation of temperatures is allowing bird avian flu mosquitos to migrate higher up the mountain slopes taking out the unique fauna so loved by Hawaiian natives. In fact the Zika virus which has spread to the United States is able to spread its damage to more and more areas which did not previously support vector populations based on previous temperature regimes. From 1990 to 2010 the National Arbor society has completely revised their adaptation zones based on global warming which are having real and noticeable changes in how species are adapting to a changing environment. This will support that the real temperature changes are not inconsequential but real and important. The good news is that unlike a previous generation we are not only more aware of the issues but the rapid advances in technologies of diverse types give a tool chest of methodologies to address our carbon footprint and the ability foster reversal through sequestration technologies.
Yes...these factors are related strongly......Elevated CO2 is a new found concern for human being that can hike up malnutrition. it can reduce 17-20% of nutrition of what we eat from grains to fruit.
Yes both the concepts r interlinked. With the change in climate, various health issues evolved.
A more detailed answer to this equation is found in my articleArticle All Life is in Danger: The Various Historical Events of the ...
If we use the Antarctic ice core data illustrated the warming trend associated with current increases with greenhouse gas elevation is very much more than 0.83 C that has been quoted. As such the idea that the trend is inconsequential I cannot agree with. Secondly the idea that we cannot do anything which is both effective and economical is questionable in my mind. The figure of 180 gigatons of Carbon dioxide sequestration would be needed in the next 80 to 100 years is doable if we greatly reduce our emissions and also develop effective sequestration in terrestrial land mass. The world expert in carbon land sequestration suggested that no till agriculture would counteract 10% of current global emissions. The use of compost mixed farming and biochar could counteract many times more than conventional no till farming. In our 140 billion hectares of land there is huge potential to remediate the issues related to greenhouse gases without any unproven or expensive technology needed. In my own studies with the Rodale Institute the use of cover crops can produce 2 to 4 times the sequestration of conventional no till farming, likewise compost amendment on crop land can increase the sequestration of cover crops 2 to 4 times of cover crops, and biochar can increase sequestration 2 to 4 times of compost amendment using modest addition rates. When these are viewed together the reduction of emissions combined with sequestration focusing on our food and fiber systems is well able to transform the global greenhouse gas equation. As these approaches become applied they will also help our health and environment representing beneficial values and not increased costs as some colleagues have suggested. .
sure there is a strong related
https://health2016.globalchange.gov/
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Yes, I do. There is high correlation between climate change and health issues. Certain individuals have higher susceptibility to climate-sensitive health impacts. Many infectious diseases, including water-borne ones, are highly sensitive to climate conditions. Climate change lengthens the transmission season and expands the geographical range of many diseases. Climate change will bring new and emerging health issues.
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WHO, 2018:
- Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.
- Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress.
- The direct damage costs to health (i.e. excluding costs in health-determining sectors such as agriculture and water and sanitation), is estimated to be between USD 2-4 billion/year by 2030.
- Areas with weak health infrastructure – mostly in developing countries – will be the least able to cope without assistance to prepare and respond.
- Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases through better transport, food and energy-use choices can result in improved health, particularly through reduced air pollution.
See the link: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/climate_change/en/
What correlation, Sirs?
Like you, I have also been hearing and reading that climate change would impact health, but I am not aware if any statistical studies between climate change and health condition have been performed. I would like to ask a few basic question. Has climate changed substantially over the past 50 years? If yes, what kind of medical studies have been performed to compare the health conditions of today with those of 50 years ago? Where were these performed and what were the parameters of climate change and of the health?
Forgive my ignorance; I am not a physician.
Stay well, Qasim.
Dear Qasim, I am not physician but I am attaching a simple World Health Organization projection related to modeled changes which are occurring in climate. This contains ideas such as fossil fuel emissions are very deleterious to global health a direct to control these will be sizable in health impact as well as help in the over enrichment of greenhouse gases. There is a citation on done by Chinese colleagues on a specific pathological condition. As a plant pathologist I have seen major shifts in the diseases related to changes occurring in local regional and global temperatures. Carbon rot a minor disease has greatly increased as high temperature and drought have become more problematic. I imagine if plant health is affected animal human and environmental health will also be affected. Most of this work is based on projections based on models. As the temperature of our global has increased some health conditions such as heat related issues are increasing. The proliferation of fossil fuel economic has negative effect on pulmonary heart and other health issues including the recent findings that they increase severity of dementia. Hope this is helpful in your review of the subject area. Sincerely, Paul Reed Hepperly
yes will effect not only human health as well as plant health and quality.
The identification of ozone depleting agents which showed very clearly that man's action can change critical atmospheric state. In that case the enlarging of the ozone hole was addressed and has been stabilized to a large extent. This was done by reversing the large scale use of ozone depleting agents. The idea that the atmosphere is so vast that human activities cannot change it should be jettisoned based on this experience. Depletion of the ozone layer was associated with increased skin cancer which would show the interconnection between atmospheric state and health. This I believe can be analogous to interactions of greenhouse gases climate change and health.
Report of WHO about
climate change and health
http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
Severe Climate Change is responsible for:
1: Erythromelelgia A vascular disease
2: Flooding and Hurricanes
3: Mosquito-borne diseases are probably the greatest threat to humans as they include malaria,elephantiasis, Rift Valley fever, yellow fever, and dengue fever
4: Ticks for Lyme Disease
5: Other diseases on the rise due to extreme weather include hantavirus,schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis (river blindness),and tuberculosis.
6: Red tides,
7: Cholera Outbreak
8: Malaria
9: Dengue Hemmorhagic Fever
10: HIV/ AIDS
11: Mental Health issues: Common mental health conditions associated indirectly from these extreme weather events include acute traumatic stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, complicated grief, anxiety disorders, sleep difficulties, and sexual dysfunction. Drug abuse and alcohol abuse are also common aftereffects, and can lead to both physical and mental issues, addiction and substance reliance being the most common.
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Dear Dr. Ajit kumar Roy Sir,
Climate change would lead to an increase in incidence of mosquito borne diseases such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya and West Nile fever. Unavailability of safe drinking water due to climate change would lead to outbreak of water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, cholera, giardiasis and jaundice.
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Starting in 1970s the depletion of ozone layer was identified with the root cause being halogenated volatile compounds. The ozone hole was found associated with increasing skin melanoma related to increased ultra violet light. In the 1980s the concern over this issue led to Montreal protocol which resulted in banned use of many of these compounds CFCa. By 2000s the recovery of ozone layer had been measured showing significant stabilization of a situation which previously was deteriorating decidedly. The success of CFC ban suggest that there are means to deal with atmospheric issue of global concern. The ozone example is clearly a excellent example of man created problem and man facilitated mitigation.
The enclosed ozone analysis clearly shows the declining ozone in stratosphere until the Montreal Protocol and its stabilization and some recovery after the measures were taken. Coincidence I think not.
Yes, many of the world’s bothersome diseases can linger or persist and can be extensively influenced by climate variables such as high temperature and rainfall
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