References and the Evidence Base
General
The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4), especially the IPCC Chapter on Health
These lectures from a conference held a few years back at the Royal College of Physicians give an overview.
WHO Resources on Climate Change and Health
Peer reviewed papers
The Lancet Series on Climate Change and Health and Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
Anthony J. McMichael, Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival, PNAS, 2012.
Rockstrom et al, A Safe Operating Space for Humanity, Nature, 2009.
James Hansen et al, Perception of climate change, PNAS 2012.
Myers, Maibach et al, A public health frame arouses hopeful emotions about climate change, Climatic Change, 2012.
McMichael, A.: Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, The Lancet, 2007Anderson, K. and Bows, A.: Beyond ‘dangerous’ climate change: emission scenarios for a new world Phil Trans Roy Soc A 2012
Sukhdev, P.: ‘ Sustainability: the Corporate Climate overhaul,’ Nature 486, 27–28, 2012
See also http://www.climateandhealth.org/peer_reviewed_papers.html for others
The BMJ's Spotlight on Climate Change:
* How the low carbon economy can improve health http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1018
* The health impacts of climate change http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1026
* Climate change and resource security http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1352
* Politics and policies: making change happen http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1356
* Climate change: what needs to be done http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1358
* Health risks, present and future, from global climate change http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1359
* Contraction and convergence: a solution to the twin problems of climate change and inequity http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1765
Other relevant reports
HEAL and HCWH’s joint report, Acting NOW for better health: A 30% reduction target for EU climate policy
CAHA and The Climate Institute's recent report Our Uncashed Dividend: The Health Benefits of Climate Action
The World Bank's Report: Turn Down The Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided
PwC's Low Carbon Economy Index 2012
Carbon Tracker Initiative, The Unburnable Carbon Report, 2012
DARA Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2012
Factsheets and reports from Harvard Medical School on Climate, Energy and Health
Common Causes, Common Solutions: Chronic Disease, Climate Change, Nutrition and Agriculture
UN key documents on climate change
Resource pages of our signatory organisations:
HEAL's Policy Work: http://www.env-health.org/policies/climate-change/
Health Care Without Harm: http://www.noharm.org/lib/downloads/doc_index.php#energy
Healthy Planet UK's Resources Page: http://www.healthyplanetuk.org/key-links-and-resources.html
Climate and Health Alliance Australia's resources page: http://caha.org.au/resources/research/
For more information on healthcare sustainability, see:
the NHS SDU's and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's websites,
HCWH's Report 'Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People' and
Taking the Temperature – Towards an NHS Response to Global Warming (2007).
The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4), especially the IPCC Chapter on Health
These lectures from a conference held a few years back at the Royal College of Physicians give an overview.
WHO Resources on Climate Change and Health
Peer reviewed papers
The Lancet Series on Climate Change and Health and Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
Anthony J. McMichael, Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival, PNAS, 2012.
Rockstrom et al, A Safe Operating Space for Humanity, Nature, 2009.
James Hansen et al, Perception of climate change, PNAS 2012.
Myers, Maibach et al, A public health frame arouses hopeful emotions about climate change, Climatic Change, 2012.
McMichael, A.: Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, The Lancet, 2007Anderson, K. and Bows, A.: Beyond ‘dangerous’ climate change: emission scenarios for a new world Phil Trans Roy Soc A 2012
Sukhdev, P.: ‘ Sustainability: the Corporate Climate overhaul,’ Nature 486, 27–28, 2012
See also http://www.climateandhealth.org/peer_reviewed_papers.html for others
The BMJ's Spotlight on Climate Change:
* How the low carbon economy can improve health http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1018
* The health impacts of climate change http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1026
* Climate change and resource security http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1352
* Politics and policies: making change happen http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1356
* Climate change: what needs to be done http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1358
* Health risks, present and future, from global climate change http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1359
* Contraction and convergence: a solution to the twin problems of climate change and inequity http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1765
Other relevant reports
HEAL and HCWH’s joint report, Acting NOW for better health: A 30% reduction target for EU climate policy
CAHA and The Climate Institute's recent report Our Uncashed Dividend: The Health Benefits of Climate Action
The World Bank's Report: Turn Down The Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided
PwC's Low Carbon Economy Index 2012
Carbon Tracker Initiative, The Unburnable Carbon Report, 2012
DARA Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2012
Factsheets and reports from Harvard Medical School on Climate, Energy and Health
Common Causes, Common Solutions: Chronic Disease, Climate Change, Nutrition and Agriculture
UN key documents on climate change
Resource pages of our signatory organisations:
HEAL's Policy Work: http://www.env-health.org/policies/climate-change/
Health Care Without Harm: http://www.noharm.org/lib/downloads/doc_index.php#energy
Healthy Planet UK's Resources Page: http://www.healthyplanetuk.org/key-links-and-resources.html
Climate and Health Alliance Australia's resources page: http://caha.org.au/resources/research/
For more information on healthcare sustainability, see:
the NHS SDU's and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's websites,
HCWH's Report 'Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People' and
Taking the Temperature – Towards an NHS Response to Global Warming (2007).