Warmer and sicker? Global warming and human health
Useful sites
Climate change and human health – risks and responses. Summary (World Health Organization)
Describes the process of global climate change and its current and future impacts on human health. It also looks at how societies can lessen the adverse effects of climate change through a variety of strategies. The information is easy to understand and covers a wide range of factors. The document is available in either PDF or HTML versions.
Human health and climate change in Oceania: A risk assessment 2002 (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australia)
Looks at a range of climate change scenarios and the potential health impacts in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Australian Medical Association and Australian Conservation Foundation
Climate change health impacts in Australia: Effects of dramatic CO2 emission reductions
Outlines the threats to human health caused by climate change (2Mb pdf file).
Addressing the public health impacts of climate change
Presents a summary of the report (585 Kb pdf file).
The health benefits of mitigating global warming in Australia (Climate Action Network Australia)
Reviews the literature about the public health impacts of climate change due to global warming as predicted for Australia in the coming decades.
IRI climate information digest (International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University, USA)
A monthly summary of recent climate events, impacts and seasonal forecasts. Click on the calendar to see the previous month's summary. Each monthly edition has climate impacts on health.
Climate change: Observations and predictions (Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, UK)
This report attempts to answer three important questions: Is the climate changing? What has caused the climate to change? And how much do we expect the climate to change in future?
Maps and graphics (United Nations Environment Progamme, GRID Arendal)
Provides a wide range of graphics showing the impact of climate change, including changes to the distribution of diseases.
Ecology drives the global distribution of human diseases (Public Library of Science, Biology, USA)
Synopsis of a research article looking at factors that determine the geographic range of human pathogens and the impact of global climate change. The site contains a link to the original article.
Risk of malaria transmission (The Exploratorium, USA)
Provides a map showing an increase in conditions suitable for malaria transmission in Europe and the eastern United States.
Australian Broadcast Corporation (transcripts)
Malaria and climate change/Fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world (The Health Report, 2 March 2009)
Transcript of an interview discussing the effect of increasing temperatures on malaria.
No stopping deaths from climate change (News in Science, 22 September 2005)
Reports that the number of deaths due to heat will increase in Australia.
Crystal ball climate change (The Lab, 22 April 2004)
Summarises many of the consequences of global warming. Includes a list of links to other Australian Broadcasting Corporation articles on climate change.
Climate change and health (The Health Report, 6 October 2003)
Discussion of how outbreaks of infectious diseases in humans are influenced by environmental changes.
Page updated July 2009.