1. Climate change and diseases: A double Jeopardy

CSE Draft Dossier: Health and Environment

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The article points out that there's more to climate change than just melting glaciers and ices-caps. With floods inundating Mumbai streets, monsoons causing dengue in Delhi each year, and heat waves becoming a part of Chennai life, environmental changes are touching our lives in every way. It further talks about how climate change may cause natural resource crunch and may have a big impact on our health.

2. Climate change and health

by Vinay B. Kamble, Dream 2047 Science Magazine,June 2008, Vol.10. No.9

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Vigyan Prasar (VP), an autonomous organization under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was set up in 1989 to take on large-scale science and technology popularization tasks. "Dream 2047", is Vigyan Prasar's monthly newsletter-cum-popular science magazine. The editorial article (No.9, Vol.10, June 2008) voices concern over the continuous warming of this planet and the consequent change in the climatic pattern the world over. It discusses the risks, who are at risk, and what needs to be done to protect health from the challenges posed by the climate change.

3. Headed for a catastrophe?

by Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times, June 05, 2008

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Health-based pollution control policies and standards assume significance in countries like India, where investments in public health are steadily decreasing and the poor bear the brunt of the disease burden. Solutions to these problems can emerge from a deeper understanding of the diversity of issues and challenges. The Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi, organized a conference in 2006 to evaluate the standard setting processes to incorporate health criteria so that a beginning can be made in reducing health risks arising from toxic pollutants. This article is part of the Dossier on Health and Environment.

4. Climate, climate change and human health in Asian cities

Sari Kovats and Rais Akhtar, Environment and Urbanization Magazine, 01 Apr 2008

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 disease is high – such as the urban poor in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the current impact of weather and climate variability on the health of urban populations is the first step towards assessing future impacts. In this paper, the authors have reviewed the scientific evidence for the effects of temperature, rainfall and extreme events on human health, in particular the impacts of heat waves and floods.