2023/01/01 by Elke Hertig, Hertig, Elke, Iris Hunger +11 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #610 Medizin und Gesundheit #Climate Change and Health Impacts #Climate change #Disadvantaged #Ecology #Economic growth #Economics #Effects of global warming #Environmental health #Environmental planning #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Geography #Global warming #Health, psychology, and well-being #Medicine #Mental health #Political science #Psychology #Public health #Zoonotic diseases and public health
paper · doi:10.25646/11400
openalex publication_date 2023/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
century. Climate change poses a worldwide threat and has direct and indirect effects on infectious diseases, on non-communicable diseases and on mental health. Not all people are equally able to protect themselves against the impacts of climate change; particularly populations that are vulnerable due to individual factors (children, older persons, those immunocompromised or with pre-existing conditions), social factors (the socially disadvantaged), or living and working conditions (e. g. people who work outdoors) are subject to an increased risk. Concepts such as One Health or Planetary Health provide a framework to frame both climate change itself and adaptation strategies or sets of actions for environmental human and animal health. Knowledge of climate change impacts has grown in recent years, and mitigation and adaptation strategies have been developed.