The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future

Daalen, Kim Robin van; Romanello, Marina; Rocklöv, Joacim; Semenza, Jan C.; Tonne, Cathryn; Markandya, Anil; Dasandi, Niheer; Mikhaylov, Slava; Achebak, Hicham; Ballester, Joan; Béchara, Hannah; Callaghan, Max; Chambers, Jonathan; Dasgupta, Shouro; Drummond, Paul; Farooq, Zia; Gasparyan, Olga; González-Reviriego, Nube; Hamilton, Ian; Hänninen, Risto; Kaźmierczak, Aleksandra; Kendrovski, Vladimir; Kennard, Harry; Kiesewetter, Gregor; Lloyd, Simon J; Lotto-Batista, Martín; Martı́nez-Urtaza, Jaime; Milà, Carles; Minx, Jan; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Palamarchuk, Yuliia; Quijal-Zamorano, Marcos; Robinson, Elizabeth; Scamman, Daniel; Schmoll, O.; Sewe, Maquins Odhiambo; Sjödin, Henrik; Sofiev, Mikhail; Solaraju-Murali, Balakrishnan; Springmann, Marco; Triñanes, Joaquín; Antó, Josep M.; Nilsson, Maria; Lowe, Rachel

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00197-9

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“…It is reported that nowadays more than 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. A good environment is crucial to healthy and sustainable cities 1 – 4 , yet, air pollution 5 , deteriorating climates 6 – 8 , unavailability of public green spaces 9 – 12 , inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene 13 are continuously threatening the citizens’ health. As an example, the poor air quality in the UK caused nearly 29,000 deaths and an associated loss of population life of 340,000 life year lost in 2008 14 .…”

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Healthy Cities, A comprehensive dataset for environmental determinants of health in England cities

Han

Tong

et al. 2023

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This paper presents a fine-grained and multi-sourced dataset for environmental determinants of health collected from England cities. We provide health outcomes of citizens covering physical health (COVID-19 cases, asthma medication expenditure, etc.), mental health (psychological medication expenditure), and life expectancy estimations. We present the corresponding environmental determinants from four perspectives, including basic statistics (population, area, etc.), behavioural environment (availability of tobacco, health-care services, etc.), built environment (road density, street view features, etc.), and natural environment (air quality, temperature, etc.). To reveal regional differences, we extract and integrate massive environment and health indicators from heterogeneous sources into two unified spatial scales, i.e., at the middle layer super output area (MSOA) and the city level, via big data processing and deep learning. Our data holds great promise for diverse audiences, such as public health researchers and urban designers, to further unveil the environmental determinants of health and design methodology for a healthy, sustainable city.

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Healthy Cities, A comprehensive dataset for environmental determinants of health in England cities

Han

Tong

et al. 2023

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“…Warming is already having a negative effect on labour in most parts of the world, particularly in tropical regions, and will continue to do so. Warming affects the number of hours worked (labour supply) [1][2][3][4][5], output during these working hours (labour productivity) [6], and labour capacity [7][8][9]. This in turn has implications for economic output, and general and occupational health [10,11], absenteeism [12], and labour rights.…”

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“…Those areas where labour is at highest risk under future warming include parts of sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and South East Asia. In contrast, in cooler countries, such as those in northern Europe, there are currently benefits from warming, though these benefits may be short-lived as the planet warms further [1,3,14]). Warming is therefore likely to exacerbate inequalities, especially among more vulnerable working groups such as women and lowincome workers in high-exposure sectors such as agriculture and construction.…”

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The labour force in a changing climate: Research and policy needs

Dasgupta

Robinson²

2023

PLOS Clim

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Heat stress and the labour force preambleLabour is one of the sectors most affected by heat stress. Labour supply (number working hours) and labour productivity (output during these hours) are all affected by warming. A growing body of literature finds that heat affects labour in multiple ways, with predominantly negative impacts on economic growth and workers' health, that are heterogeneous across regions and sectors. However, there are significant gaps in the literature, making it hard to inform effective policy, including labour protection regulations. With improved understanding of the complex links between labour, health, and output, policies can be better designed to protect workers, especially vulnerable groups of workers, such as outdoor workers, and enhance economic output and economic growth [1, 2]. a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111

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“…The correlation between air pollution and its impact on health has been duly demonstrated (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6).…”

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The risk of hidden “hot spots” with high levels of air pollution in Madrid (Spain)

López-Encuentra

2023

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All urban areas at risk of breathing polluted air should be identified. In the outskirts of Madrid (Spain), there are roads with high traffic (highway A5) that are <5 meters away from nearby residential homes and schools with children and adolescents. The objective of this study is to ascertain the levels of NO2 in these populated areas. Several NO2 diffusion tubes were installed at a height of 3-m to measure NO2 concentrations in various locations of the A5 during the month of May 2022 (30 days). The four tubes located near the A5 measured a NO2 concentration of 49.7; 88.2; 56.8; and 60 μg/m³. The standard deviation and variation coefficient of the measurements were 0.5 and 2.7%, respectively. According to the WHO (2021), the admissible average annual limit is 10 μg/m³ and the daily limit is 25 μg/m³. This study aimed at measuring the concentration of NO2 near homes and primary and secondary schools located in a “toxic microenvironment” (close to the A5 in Madrid) found high and dangerous levels of NO2 impacting the health of the population. This is an area with a population of low socioeconomic level, which increases the impact on health.

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The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future

Cited by 87 publications

References 73 publications

Healthy Cities, A comprehensive dataset for environmental determinants of health in England cities

Healthy Cities, A comprehensive dataset for environmental determinants of health in England cities

The labour force in a changing climate: Research and policy needs

The risk of hidden “hot spots” with high levels of air pollution in Madrid (Spain)

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