Recent Advances in Global Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health Impact
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2273
Special Issue Editor
Interests: air pollution; climate change; risk assessment; public health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Both global climate change and air pollution are at the forefront of current global public health challenges. Climate change is anticipated to raise overall temperatures in the 21st century and will have profound impacts on human health, ranging from heat-related disorders, allergic and respiratory disorders, infectious diseases, to mental health impacts and violence. Exposure to ambient air pollution causes a wide spectrum of adverse health outcomes, from acute respiratory symptoms to premature death. Air pollution is currently the world’s largest environmental risk. The threats of climate change and air pollution are interrelated, and are closely linked to overpopulation, poverty, socioeconomic injustice, and deteriorating human health. Our current interactions with nature are not sustainable.
Dr. Ying Li, a Guest Editor from East Tennessee State University, USA, on behalf of the journal Sustainability, is pleased to announce a Special Issue on Recent Advances in Global Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health Impact. We invite high-quality research submissions covering a broad range of global climate change, air pollution, related health outcomes and social dimensions of health.
Submission topics may include, but are not limit to, the following:
- Adverse health consequences of climate change, including heat-related disorders; respiratory and allergic disorders; vectorborne, waterborne, and foodborne infectious diseases; health impacts related to food and nutrition insecurity; and mental health impacts.
- Advances in the impacts of outdoor/indoor air pollution on human health.
- Individual and community vulnerability to climate change impacts on public health; socioeconomic injustice.
- Public health benefits and co-benefits of policies on air pollution regulation and climate change mitigation.
- Innovative research on the interplay of climate change and air pollution on health and economic development.
Dr. Ying Li
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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
- global climate change
- air pollution
- related health outcomes
- social dimensions of health
