Health and Climate Change: Unraveling the Connections researches the linkages between climate change and human health as reported from Mexico, the UK, USA, India, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The book's chapters cover the multidimensional impacts of climate change on various aspects such as habitability, biodiversity, natural resources, and human health. This information from developed and developing countries will be of immense interest to the global audience of researchers, activists, governments, and others.
Climate change, one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, has serious adverse effects on human health. Extreme climate events increase mortality and morbidity, the prevalence of water- and vector-borne diseases, malnutrition, and respiratory diseases. Climate change has serious effects on mental health. Mental health is impacted directly and indirectly resulting in mental illnesses and suicidal mortality. Global heating, due to the increasing greenhouse effect, has disturbed the energetic balance of the Earth and destroyed its fragile climate. It is creating an atmospheric imbalance with toxins that are affecting the human nervous system and, thereby, impacting health.
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Table of Contents
Theme 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health Due to Anthropogenic Activities1. Global warming impact on earth: Damage to human health
2. Understanding the dynamics of climate stress and mental health in urban and rural India
3. The intricate relationship between the human brain and anthropogenic global warming: The impact of global warming on mental health
4. Scorching heat impacts on health: Increasing deaths from mental health problems
5. Proposing a post-metaphysical thought for meeting the challenge of climate change
Theme 2: The Impact on Microplastics, Endocrinal Disrupting Agents, and Sargassum on Health
6. Enemies of the hormones: Microplastics and endocrine disruptors impacting public health
7. Effects and impacts of microplastics on marine system: A global review
8. The impact of sargassum on human health: A study in Mexico
9. Massive presence of sargassum on the coasts of Quintana Roo, Mexico and its relationship with human health and air quality
Theme 3: Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations Across Varied Regions Using the Lens of Equity and Justice
10. Child health equity: The health effects of climate change on children in frontline communities
11. Climate change and health issues: An afrocentric perspective
12. Health impact of climate change in Bangladesh
13. Climate change and its impact on women in South Asia: Evidence from a gender lens
14. Civilization resilience: A new perspective for addressing climate change and health threats
Theme 4: Interdisciplinary, Multisectoral, and Multilevel Interventions to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change
15. Unravelling the mental health effects of people in communities affected by extreme climate in
16. A case for nature: Nature-based climate solutions and their public health co-benefits
17. Active participation of youth in addressing climate change issues
18. Climate change, health, and leadership: Four principles for responding to complex challenges
19. Facing the climate health challenge: Role of governmental and non-governmental efforts in India
20. Climate change-WASH services-health nexus: The Indian case
21. The giving economy: A future of negatively priced goods and services
Authors
Saroj Pachauri Public Health Specialist, Trustee, Center for Human Progress, New Delhi, India, and Director, the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement, New York, USA.As a public health physician, Dr. Pachauri has been extensively engaged with research on family planning, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and AIDS, and poverty, gender and youth. In 1996, she joined as Regional Director, South and East Asia, Population Council and established its regional office in New Delhi which she managed until 2014. In 2011, she was awarded the prestigious title of Distinguished Scholar, an honor rarely bestowed.
She worked with the Ford Foundation's New Delhi Office (1983-1994) and supported child survival, women's health, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV and AIDS programs. Before that, she worked with the International Fertility Research Program (IFRP) which was later renamed Family Health International (1971-1975) and the India Fertility Research Programme (1975-1983). She designed and monitored multi-centric clinical trials globally to assess the safety and effectiveness of fertility control technologies. During 1962-1971, as faculty of the Departments of Preventive and Social Medicine at the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi and the Institute of Medicine Sciences, Varanasi, she helped to develop this new discipline.
She has published seven books and contributed chapters to 20 books. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several articles in print media.
Ash Pachauri Director, Center for Human Progress, New Delhi, India, and Senior Mentor, the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement, New York, USA.Dr. Ash Pachauri has a PhD in Decision Behavior and a Master's Degree in International Management. He worked with McKinsey and Company before pursuing a career in the social development arena, Dr. Pachauri's experience in the fields of public health and management emerges from a range of initiatives including those of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the US. He is a co-editor of three books and has contributed chapters to over six books and has more than 50 publications. He is Technical Adviser to the World Health Organization on Self-Care global guidelines.
M.P. Jonathan Professor and Researcher, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CIIEMAD), Instituto Polit�cnico Nacional (IPN), Ciudad de M�xico, M�xico.Dr. M.P. Jonathan has proficient expertise in the fields of marine geochemistry and trace metal pollution of aquatic environments. He earned a doctorate in the field of geology from the University of Madras, Chennai, India. He is the author of more than 140 research articles on numerous multidisciplinary aspects of coastal pollution in reputed journals. With a wide vision to generate a database of the pollution status in tourist beaches all over the world, he has completed 10 countries till date and it is expanding year by year to other countries. He is a great teacher in orienting and inspiring young researchers to develop an urge for writing good scientific articles through his "Art of Scientific Writing� course. He has partaken in various bilateral and mega scientific research projects in India, Mexico, South Africa, Colombia, and Ecuador which deal with coastal pollution and development/mitigation efforts through mangroves. His research interests include geochemical process in aquatic systems, environmental geology, tsunami (past and present), microplastic degradation, fish toxicology, Geographic Information System (GIS) applications and innovative approaches in pollution studies. Presently, he works as a research professor and is also a Member of National System of Researchers (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores - SNI Level III) of the National Council for Humanities and Technological Sciences [Consejo Nacional de Humanidades Ciencias y Tecnolog�as (CONAHCYT)]. He also attests his abilities as the Coordinator of Doctorate program at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Environment and Development [Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CIIEMAD)], National Polytechnic Institute [Instituto Polit�cnico Nacional (IPN)], Mexico City, Mexico. In addition, he acted an Executive Council Member (Consejo General Consultivo 2019-20) of IPN, Mexico City, Mexico. He is also an editorial committee member of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Journal (Springer Verlag) and Environmental Pollution (Elsevier) and is a member/reviewer of leading journals of Elsevier and Springer Verlag Publishers.
