Health Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 March 2023) | Viewed by 11254
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollution; particulate matter; children’s health and the environment; multipollutants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and air pollution continue to be critical public health issues. In its 2019 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that global warming is likely to reach 1.5 °C between 2030 and 2052 if the current rate of increase continues. Further, warming effects will be unequally distributed. The health impacts of climate change are broad, ranging from issues related to food security, water- and vector-borne diseases, heat events, extreme weather, mental health, and air pollution.
Air pollution is also an important public health burden. The World Health Organization estimates that household and ambient air pollution are responsible for an estimated 7 million deaths globally every year. Recent findings also indicate that nine out of ten people globally live in areas where particles, sulfates, and nitrates exceed the recommended limits.
Climate change and air pollution are closely intertwined. Fossil fuel combustion is an important source of both climate-altering and air pollutants. For example, black carbon and ozone are significant short-lived climate-altering pollutants that have critical health impacts in terms of morbidity and mortality. There are multiple benefits in addressing both issues together.
This Special Issue is aimed at capturing evidence exploring the combined health effects of air pollution and climate change. Articles may include direct effects on health as well as potential changes in health hazards. Examples include studies exploring health outcomes resulting from air pollution during heat events, combined air pollution and weather-related health effects, or changes in the toxicity of air pollutants as a result of changes in climate. All types of studies are welcome, including scoping and systematic reviews. Interdisciplinary and global studies focused on low- and middle-income countries are particularly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Alvaro Osornio-Vargas
Dr. Shelby S. Yamamoto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air pollution
- climate change
- health
- epidemiology
- weather
- global health
- toxicology
- modeling
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