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01.11.2015 | Editorial

Climate change: an opportunity for health promotion practitioners?

verfasst von: Philippe Chastonay, Ursula Zybach, Jean Simos, Thomas Mattig

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 7/2015

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At present climate change is recognized as a major threat to human health by the world’s international organizations. Some experts consider that “the predicted effects of extreme global heating (about 4 °C above its pre-industrial values by 2100) would probably exceed the limits of human adaptation” (Woodward 2014). On the short run, data suggest that climate change dramatically increases health inequities affecting most fragile populations mainly through its effects on the social determinants of health. There is need for action. And action has to be coordinated and collaborative (WHO 2014). …

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Titel: Climate change: an opportunity for health promotion practitioners?
verfasst von: Philippe Chastonay
Ursula Zybach
Jean Simos
Thomas Mattig
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2015
Verlag: Springer Basel
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 7/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0709-4

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