Background The present study aimed at developing a standardized heat wave definition to
estimate and compare the impact on mortality by gender, age and death causes in Europe …

Malaria is an important disease that has a global distribution and significant health burden.
The spatial limits of its distribution and seasonal activity are sensitive to climate factors, as …

A new high-resolution regional climate change ensemble has been established for Europe
within the World Climate Research Program Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment …

This paper describes the way in which the socio-economic projections in the SRES scenarios
were applied in a global-scale assessment of the impacts of climate change on food …

Flooding is one of the most widespread of climatic hazards and poses multiple risks to
human health, yet there has been little systematic research work on health outcomes and the …

Climate change will affect the health of urban populations. It represents a range of
environmental hazards and will affect populations where the current burden of climate-sensitive …

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 health …

Since the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), our understanding of the implications of
climate change for coastal systems and low-lying areas (henceforth referred to as ‘coasts’) has …

High air temperatures can affect human health and lead to additional deaths even under
current climatic conditions. Heat-waves occur infrequently in Europe and can significantly affect …

The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change is an international,
multidisciplinary research collaboration between academic institutions and practitioners …