Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality and Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is the primary environmental threat of our age, and presents many direct and indirect health risks for human populations globally. Among these risks are changes in exposure to ambient air pollution, such as ozone and fine particulate matter, known to affect morbidity and mortality. While recent decades have produced a significant body of research on these exposures and their determinants, many knowledge gaps remain in how a changing climate will influence the composition and concentrations of air pollution and how these changes may affect human health. Human exposures may also shift due to changes in time activity, susceptibility or other factors directly or indirectly linked to climate change. The effects of a changing climate will also be experienced indoors. As humans spend more and more of their time indoors, we need to understand how these environments (residential, commercial, etc.) influence personal exposures and human health. 

For this Special Issue, we seek papers that shed light on the ways that climate change has and will affect indoor and outdoor air quality and human health.  Research papers, analytical reviews, case studies, conceptual frameworks, and policy-relevant articles are solicited.  Of particular interest are articles involving low-income and vulnerable populations and those that highlight emerging issues, contaminants or under-studied topic areas. We also encourage authors to submit studies, which address issues relevant to developing countries.

Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz
Guest Editor

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• climate change
• air pollution
• ozone
• particulate matter
• indoor air quality
• urban health
• health disparities
• environmental justice
• climate justice