CLIMATE AND HEALTH
The Climate and Health section aims at raising awareness among the general population and health professionals on the climate-related health effects. As well, it drives the attention towards the good health practices and behaviours that can contribute to climate change mitigation.
Climate change is defined as the "greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century" by The Lancet, one of the major medical journals. While global warming and the increasing frenquency in extreme events are causing direct health impacts, on the other side they also influence the social determinants of health. These are non-medical conditions but rather socio-economical and political factors that affect people's health and wellbeing.
ARTICLES AND PAPERS
- Systematic mapping of global research on climate and health: a machine learning review – The Lancet 2021; Berrang-Ford L et al.
- Covid-19 has made us realise we must not take universal health coverage for granted – BMJ Blog 2020; Pegoraro S, Guicciardi S.
- Climate change is the biggest health threat of this century – LifeGate 2021
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
- WHO, World Health Organization, Climate Change and Human Health section.
- Country Profiles, is a WHO et UNFCCC collaboration providing policy makers and civil society with country-specific information on climate-related diseases and health effects as well as climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
- GCHA, brings together non governmental organisations to tackle the health consequences of climate change.
- HEAL, no-profit organisation based in Europe promoting advocacy actions and raising awareness initiatives on environmental health and climate change.
- ISDE Italia, association of medical doctors for the environment
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità is the national health institute and it collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Environment