Climate change and global health : primary, secondary and tertiary effects / edited by Colin D. Butler, Kerryn Higgs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, Colin D., editor.

Higgs, Kerryn, 1946- editor.

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Health aspects.

Medical climatology.

World health.

Climate Change.

Global Health.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Medical Subjects:

Climate Change.

Global Health.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 525 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA, USA : CABI, [2024]

Contents:

Section 1: Foundations. The Anthropocene: A planet under pressure / Will Steffen

Rising inequality is neither inevitable nor necessary / Richard Denniss

Climate change and the scourge of carbon inequality / Kerryn Higgs

Inequality Is driving us over a cliff / Colin D. Butler

Nuclear weapons, climate disruption and planetary health / Tilman A. Ruff

Climate change, global health and planetary health / Colin D. Butler

Section 2: Ecology and Health. One Health: From Rinderpest to the threat of a four-degree world / Colin D. Butler and Rosemary A. McFarlan

A practical, integrated way to build a One Health workforce : Using One Health problem-based learning cases for in-service training programmes in Africa / Janetrix Hellen Amuguni

Food systems, food safety and One Health / Delia Randolph

Land use, biodiversity loss and health / Jessica Stanhope, Christopher B. Daniels and Philip Weinstein

The biodiversity hypothesis for health emerged from a natural experiment in the Finnish and Russian Karelia / Tari Haahtela

Pandemics and their co-factors: A short history / Colin D. Butler

Limits to growth / Kerryn Higgs

Population, neoliberalism and 'human carrying capacity' / Colin D. Butler

Sexual and reproductive health and rights: The relevance of family planning / Colin D. Butler

Reproductive health in Papua New Guinea: A vignette / Glen D.L. Mola

Section 3: Primary Events and Their Health Effects. Heat impacts, adaptations and inequities / Matthew Chersich

Thermoregulation: Risks and protection / Ollie Jay

Heat and kidney disease / Katherine A. Barraclough

Occupational heat effects: A global health and economic threat / Colin D. Butler, Jason K.W. Lee, Subhashis Sahu and Tord Kjellstrom

A great disaster: The floods of 2022 in Pakistan / Kerryn Higgs

The double-whammy of stoichiometric imbalance: C–H–O and minerals in global food nutrition / Irakli Loladze

Section 4: Secondary Events and Their Health Effects. Temperature-related rise in the potential malaria burden in the Ethiopian Highlands. A proposal for a taxation model to address climate justice / Menno J. Bouma and Colin D. Butler

Arboviruses, vectors, poverty and climate change / Colin D. Butler, Cyril Caminade and Andrew P. Morse

Lyme disease and climate change / Nick H. Ogden

Human helminthiases and climate change: An overview / Alexander J. Blum and Photini Sinnis

Water and sanitation / Katrina J. Charles

Air pollution, fires, climate change and health / Colin D. Butler and Ivan C. Hanigan

Section 5: Tertiary Events and Their Health Effects. Climate change and its 'tertiary' effects: Thinking systemically in a world of limits / Colin D. Butler

Famine, hunger, food prices and climate change / Colin D. Butler

Climate change, migration and health / Colin D. Butler and Devin C. Bowles

Climate change, conflict, complexity and health / Colin D. Butler, Mark Braidwood and Devin C. Bowles

Collapse: The climate endgame / Peter Stoett and Rob White

Section 6: Cross-Cutting Issues. Climate change and global mental health / Fiona Charlson, Rebecca Patrick and Cybele Dey

Nutrition, soil organic carbon and sustainability: Multiple benefits of agriculture regeneration / Robyn Alders, Kate Wingett, Rosemary A. McFarlane, Stewart Sutherland, Justin Borevitz and Namukolo Covic

Climate change, breastfeeding and health / Julie P. Smith

Disasters, education, public health and climate change / Ruth Irwin

Communication and climate change / Rebecca M. Colvin

Section 7: Regional Health Impacts, Focusing on the Global South. Health, climate and challenges in Africa: 2024–2100 / Colin D. Butler, A. Kofi Amegah, Caradee Y. Wright and Devin C. Bowles

Health systems in Africa / Juliet Nabyonga-Orem

Climate change, gender and health in Africa / Caradee Wright

Ethical dimensions of air pollution and climate change in Africa / A. Kofi Amegah

Climate change and health in South Asia / Colin D. Butler and Md Rezanur Rahaman

Heatwaves and health in South Asia, focusing on India / Gulrez Shah Azhar

Health hazards in the unorganized (informal) sectors of India / Subhashis Sahu and Moumita Sett Chatterjee

Climate change and health in China / Yuming Guo, Ke Ju, Pei Yu, Yao Wu, Bo Wen and Shanshan Li

Climate change and health in Indonesia / Colin D. Butler and Budi Haryanto

The health impacts of the climate crisis in the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau / Collin Tukuitonga

Europe and climate change: Impacts, risks and opportunities / May C.I. van Schalkwyk and Martin McKee

Climate change and health in the Arctic / Shilpa Rao, Kristine Bjerve Gutzkow, Susanne Hyllestad, Solveig Jore, Cathrine Thomsen, Gro Dehli Andersen, Khaled Abass, Jim Berner, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Hubert Dirven, Marit Läg, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Arja Rautio, Ågot Aakra, Johan Øvrevik and Christine Instanes

Section 8: Conclusion. How can public health add value to climate policy? / Alistair Woodward, Kirsty Wild and Jonathan M. Samet

Health activism and the challenge of planetary change, including to the climate / Colin D. Butler, Sue Wareham and Andrew Harmer

Climate change and global health: Developing a social vaccine to motivate transformation / Colin D. Butler, Andrew Harmer and Devin C. Bowles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Climate change and global health

ISBN:

9781800620018

1800620012

9781800620025

1800620020

Publisher Number:

90104274887

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