Climate change and adaptation strategies for human health

At the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, European ministers of health and the environment acknowledged that human-induced changes in the global climate system and in stratospheric ozone pose a range of severe health risks and potentially threaten economic development and social and political stability. This posed a great challenge to WHO and its Member States, resulting in the creation of the Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health (cCASHh) project. This book presents the results of this project, in particular an overview of the following topics:

current and potential future climates in Europe

assessment methodologies

observed impacts of extreme weather events in Europe

impacts of climate change on water, food and vectorborne diseases

adaptation measures, strategies and policies

preparedness and the capacity to adapt to climate change cost-benefits

population health in Europe in the future.

Edited by Bettina Menne and Kristie L. Ebi