Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility : Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health /: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wael Al-Delaimy, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo.
• Editors: Al-Delaimy, Wael; Ramanathan, Veerabhadran; Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo
• Contents: The problem Introduction (Sanches Sorondo, Al-Delaimy, Ramanathan) a. Dependence of all life on the environment i. Complexity of life and its dependence on the environment (Arber) ii. Biological extinction and climate change (Raven) iii. Sustaining life: human health-planetary health linkages (Frumkin) b. Air Pollution and Health in the context of climate change i. Climate Change, Air Pollution and the Environment: The Health Argument (Neira) ii. Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health: Common sources, Similar impacts and Common solutions (Ramanathan) iii. Air Pollution: Adverse Effects and Disease Burden (Samet) iv. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: A Proven Causality (Estol) v. Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress and Public Health in the Anthropocene (Poschl) c. Human health effects of climate change & Specific case studies i. Sustainable development goals and health (Sachs) ii. How Do Our Actions Undermine Nature? (Dasgupta) iii. Climate Change, Public Health, Social Peace (Schellnhuber ) iv. Climate Change Health detection and projection: China Case study (Qiyong) v. Psychological Impacts of Climate Change and Recommendations (Van Susterin) vi. Vulnerable populations and regions: Middle East as a case study (Al-Delaimy) vii. Forest Fires, Air Pollution and Health and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in the Amazon (Viana) viii. Health of the People, Health of the Planet, Health of the Migrants (Suarez Orozco) Solutions a. Overarching Solutions i. Opportunities for a sustainable planet (Lee) ii. Carbon neutrality & Climate Stability: Scalable Solutions (Ramanathan, Molina, Zaelke) iii. World Avoided by Reducing Air Pollution (Lelieveld) iv. Achieving and Sustaining Good Health in the Anthropocene Epoch The Potential for Transformative Solutions (Haines) v. Climate Change Risks for Agriculture, Health and Nutrition (Braun) vi. Sustaining Water Resources (D'Odorico) b. Social solutions and advocacy i. Climate Justice and Public Health: Practical Ethics in Urgent Times (Forman) ii. Defeating Energy Poverty: A Call to Invest In Scalable, Solutions to Energy Access for the Poor (Kammen) iii. Sensor-Enabled Climate Financing for Clean Cooking (Nithya Ramanthan) iv. Healthy People, Healthy Planet (Harvie) v. Research is vital to tackling climate change, but it cannot succeed alone (Farrar) vi. To avert a sustained worldwide public health disaster, health professionals must convince the world's leaders to double global carbon pollution reduction commitments: A call to action ( Maibach) C. Call to Action: 1. Government Leaders i. California (Brown; De-Leon) ii. Chile (Carrasco) iii. USA ( Peters, Congressman) 2. Faith Leaders i: Faith in God & Health of People (Rev Leith Anderson) ii. Call to Action from Faith Leaders (Rev. Alastair Redfern) III. Caring for Creation – The Evangelical's Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment (Rev Mitch Hescox) Declaration: Our Planet, Our Health, Our Responsibility: Way Forward: Ramanathan, Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Partha Dasgupta, Peter Raven, Joachim Von Braun, Jeffrey Sachs.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (417 pages)
• Subjects: Environment; Environmental health; Climate change; Public health; Sustainable development; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Medical -- Public Health; Science -- Environmental Science; Climate change; Public health & preventive medicine; Sustainability; Environmental medicine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030311254
• Related ISBNs: 9783030311247
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