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Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health

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The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in order to ensure the highest attainable stand-alone position on climate change.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-11-07 and is currently open access. It has received 1198 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Political economy of climate change & Health policy.

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Health impacts of urban transport policy measures: A guidance note for practice

TL;DR: The expected health impacts of transport policy measures sourced from KonSULT are systematically described and it is found that many, but not all, can have a positive impact on health.
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Impact of urban canopy models and external parameters on the modelled urban energy balance in a tropical city

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comparative evaluation of four urban land surface models (ULSMs) for a tropical residential neighbourhood in Singapore using directly measured energy balance components, and the intercomparison framework enabled the attribution of common deficiencies in the different model approaches.
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Urban environments and human health: current trends and future directions

TL;DR: A deeper understanding of the relationships between urban environment and human health will help devise effective preventive interventions towards minimizing/offsetting environmental risk exposures reducing resulting health burdens, lead to healthy lifestyle and behaviour and thereby fulfil the goals of sustainable development.
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The mortality cost of carbon.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduced a new metric, the mortality cost of carbon (MCC), to estimate the number of deaths caused by the emissions of one additional metric ton of CO2.
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Temperature-related morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the empirical evidence.

TL;DR: The evidence base is somehow weakened by the limited number of studies uncovered, methodological limitations of the studies, and notable inconsistencies in the study findings, so further research is needed to produce more credible evidence base to inform climate change preparedness plans and public health policies for improved adaptive capacity in SSA.
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Summary for Policymakers

TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper identifies strategies that could help resolve the multiple challenges simultaneously and bring multiple benefits, including sustainable economic and social development, poverty eradication, adequate food production and food security, health for all, climate protection, conservation of ecosystems, and security.
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The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review

TL;DR: The Stern Review as discussed by the authors is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue, conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank.
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs; sum of years lived with disability [YLD] and years of life lost [YLL]) attributable to the independent effects of 67 risk factors and clusters of risk factors for 21 regions in 1990 and 2010.
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World Energy Outlook

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