Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion [[electronic resource] ] : early effects on our health in Europe / / edited by Sari Kovats ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808803703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Copenhagen, : World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, c2000
• ISBN: 1-280-06074-3; 9786610060740; 92-890-1391-5; 1-4175-2625-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 116 p. : ill., maps (some col.)
• Collana: WHO regional publications. European series, , 0378-2255 ; ; no. 88
• Altri autori (Persone): KovatsSari
• Disciplina: 363.73875;551.69
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Europe; Ozone layer depletion - Environmental aspects - Europe; Stratosphere - Environmental aspects - Europe; Environmental health - Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-95).
• Nota di contenuto: Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion Early effects on our health in Europe -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- INITIATIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH -- Climate change in Europe -- CLIMATE IN EUROPE -- OBSERVED CHANGES IN CLIMATE -- PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE -- RISE IN SEA LEVEL -- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES -- STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION -- Effects on health of climate change in Europe -- THERMAL STRESS -- CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN AIR POLLUTION -- AEROALLERGENS -- EXTREME WEATHER -- FOODBORNE DISEASES -- WATER-RELATED DISEASES -- VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES -- RODENT-BORNE DISEASES -- PEST SPECIES -- EFFECTS ON FOOD SUPPLY -- Health effects of stratospheric ozone depletion -- SKIN CANCER -- DAMAGE TO THE EYE -- THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- Early effects of climate change on human health -- Action to reduce the health effects of climate change -- MITIGATION ; TO REDUCE OR PREVENT CLIMATE CHANGE -- SECONDARY HEALTH BENEFITS OF MITIGATION POLICIES -- ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN EUROPE -- MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE -- INTERSECTORAL ISSUES -- RESEARCH AND POLICY -- Conclusions -- References -- Annex 1 Policy document prepared for the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, London, 6-18 June 1999 Annex 1 -- Annex 2 Members of the Working Group on the Early Human Health Effects of Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion in Europe.
• Sommario/riassunto: A balanced assessment, based on currently available scientific knowledge, of the effects that climate change may have on the environment in Europe and the health of its populations. Written in non-technical language, the book responds to growing public and political concern about the consequences of such widely publicized phenomena as global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion. The book also responds to evidence that recent warming trends in Europe have already affected health. The book opens with a brief explanation of the causes of climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion, followed by an overview of recent European and global initiatives aimed at monitoring trends and assessing their impact on health. The first main chapter, on climate change in Europe, summarizes currently documented trends and provides a scenario of possible changes throughout the rest of this century. The second and most extensive chapter reviews scientific evidence on specific health consequences. These include effects related to increased episodes of thermal stress and air pollution; changes in foodborne, water-related, vector-borne, and rodent-borne diseases; mortality from floods and other weather extremes; and changes in the production of aeroallergens associated with respiratory disorders, including asthma. Chapter three considers health effects linked to stratospheric ozone depletion, giving particular attention to adverse effects on the eye and immune system, and skin cancer. The remaining chapters discuss health effects expected in the next decade, and outline actions urgently needed in the areas of policy, monitoring and surveillance, and research.