Local governments around the world are formulating different ways to address climate
change. However, the compounding and overlapping vulnerabilities of historically�…

Heat is an environmental and occupational hazard. The prevention of deaths in the
community caused by extreme high temperatures (heat waves) is now an issue of public�…

Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We
aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non�…

Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature�…

The writing of each chapter of the guidelines was led by one main author and one or two co-
authors (see below) and extensively supported by Elinor Chisholm and Ramona Ludolph�…

Background Although studies have provided estimates of premature deaths attributable to
either heat or cold in selected countries, none has so far offered a systematic assessment�…

Background Associations between high and low temperatures and increases in mortality
and morbidity have been previously reported, yet no comprehensive assessment of disease�…

Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put
the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk. During this century, earth's�…

Background Due to climate change, the frequency, intensity and severity of extreme weather
events, such as heat waves, cold waves, storms, heavy precipitation causing wildfires�…

Meteorological parameters are the critical factors affecting the transmission of infectious
diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Severe Acute Respiratory�…