tailieunhanh - Climate change and human health

There is now widespread consensus that the Earth is warming at a rate unprece- dented during post hunter-gatherer human existence. The last decade was the warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and con- tained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than its pre- decessors, stating that “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable to human activities”, most importantly the release of greenhouse. | Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors . McMichael The Australian National University Canberra Australia . Campbell-Lendrum London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London United Kingdom . Corvalán World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland . Ebi World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe European Centre for Environment and Health Rome Italy . Githeko Kenya Medical Research Institute Kisumu Kenya . Scheraga US Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC USA A. Woodward University of Otago Wellington New Zealand WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GENEVA 2003 WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Climate change and human health risks and responses editors A. J. McMichael. . . et al. effect disasters transmission rays adverse effects assessment Anthony J. ISBN 92 4 156248 X NLM classification WA 30 World Health Organization 2003 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel 41 22 791 2476 fax 41 22 791 4857 email bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution should be addressed to Publications at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 email permissions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or .

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