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Climate Change and Health: Enhancing Coherence of the Knowledge Base, Policies and Strategies into a Healthy, Sustainable and Resilient Future (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 3712

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mónica Rodrigues

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Department of Geography and Tourism, University of Coimbra, Centre of Studies on Geography and Spatial Planning, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: modelling; environment; climate variability and change; extreme weather events; environmental health; health impact assessment; vulnerability assessment; impact evaluation
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Dr. Alfredo Rocha

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Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: numerical weather and climate modelling; climate variability and change; extreme weather events; Climate and health; meteorology and wind and solar energy production
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Dr. Fantina Tedim

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Centre of Studies on Geography and Spatial Planning, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal
Interests: natural hazards; extreme wildfires; social dimensions of wildfires; resilience assessment; vulnerability assessment; wildfire risk reduction; fire smart territories; wildfire causes; wildfire science-policy interface
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a follow-up of the first Special Issue entitled “Climate Change and Health: Insight into a Healthy, Sustainable and Resilient Future” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/climate_health_sustainability) published in Atmosphere and will cover all aspects of climate change and health issues.

In recent years, several countries have focused on the projected scale of health impacts caused by climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the intensity and frequency of extreme events, such as storms, floods, droughts and wildfires, are changing due to weather variability. These changes have an adverse impact on human health and wellbeing, health systems and exacerbate health inequities that already exist within vulnerable populations.

This Special Issue aims to provide insight into innovative knowledge and tools on climate-related health risks by identifying the factors inherent to climate vulnerability, thereby considering the impact of climate change on human health, which entails the identification of vulnerable populations and communities with associated vulnerabilities.

Dr. Mónica Rodrigues
Dr. Alfredo Rocha
Dr. Fantina Tedim
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate variability and change
  • extreme weather and climate-related natural hazards
  • hydrological hazards
  • air pollution
  • projections
  • public health
  • environmental health risk
  • environmental and socio-economic inequalities
  • vulnerability
  • health systems
  • emergency services
  • prevention
  • preparedness
  • response and recovery
  • climate change mitigation
  • climate change adaptation
  • transformational resilience

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Can Climate Change Increase the Spread of Animal Diseases? Evidence from 278 Villages in China
by Qian Chang, Hui Zhou, Nawab Khan and Jiliang Ma
Atmosphere 2023, 14(10), 1581; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14101581 - 19 Oct 2023
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Several countries are currently evaluating the potential health impacts of climate change (CC), particularly in relation to the complex connections between CC-induced weather fluctuations. China, heavily affected by CC, provides clear evidence of its effects. Previous research in animal sciences indicates that factors [...] Read more.
Several countries are currently evaluating the potential health impacts of climate change (CC), particularly in relation to the complex connections between CC-induced weather fluctuations. China, heavily affected by CC, provides clear evidence of its effects. Previous research in animal sciences indicates that factors like temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed can affect animal epidemics. In China, a major global hub for animal husbandry, these factors pose significant challenges, warranting further investigation into their quantitative relationship with disease outbreaks. This study investigates the influence of these climatic conditions on epizootic diseases in China. In the current study, using data from 278 village-level surveys and daily meteorological data spanning 2012 to 2018, we used a fixed-effect model for analysis. The findings reveal that increasing temperatures and wind speeds exacerbate disease development, while the precipitation anomaly index negatively impacts animal epidemics, with humidity showing minimal influence. Addressing CC’s potential impact on animal disease, governments, organizations, and farmers need to pay more attention to the impacts of climate change on animal diseases and work together to better cope with the impacts through policies, measures, and research. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change and Health: Enhancing Coherence of the Knowledge Base, Policies and Strategies into a Healthy, Sustainable and Resilient Future (2nd Edition))
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