Information sources
Below you will find links to a number of publications looking at the impact of climate change on environmental health as a whole. In the toolbar to the side you will find links to pages containing summaries of the key impacts on particular areas of environmental health with links to further information on these areas. This is by no means a comprehensive list. Further links will be added over the course of time.
UK Government reports
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK - An expert review for comment
Report of the Expert Group on Climate Change and Health in the UK
Dept of Health. 2001.
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK 2008 – an update of the Department of Health Report 2001/2002.
Dept of Health. 2008.
CIEH Publications
Climate Change and its Health Implications
A summary report for environmental health practitioners on the health implications of climate change
CIEH. November 2008
Climate Change, Public Health and Health Inequalities - A resource for environmental health practitioners
CIEH. November 2008
Other Publications
Books
The Health Practitioners Guide to Climate Change
Ed. Jenny Griffiths; Mala Rao; Fiona Adshead; Allison Thorpe
Publisher: Earthscan. 2009. 380 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84407-729-8
Link to Earthscan bookshop
Reports
The health benefits of greenhouse gas reduction policies. Briefing for policy makers
Health and Environment Alliance. March 2012
Climate Change and Health: Impacts, Inequalities and Action Report
A guide for health professionals in Northern Ireland
Belfast Healthy Cities. November 2010
Acting Now for Better Health – a 30% reduction for EU climate change policy
Health and Environment Alliance and Health Care Without Harm. September 2010
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings. Discussion Paper
W.H.O and Health Care Without Harm. May 2009
Public health - adapting to climate change.
Jonathan Samet. Resources for the Future. March 2010
Articles
Environmental health implications of global climate change
Robert T. Watson, Jonathan Patz, Duane J. Gubler, Edward A. Parson and James H. Vincent.
J. Environ. Monit., 2005, 7, 834-843
Climate change and environmental health
British Medical Journal. Spotlight on Climate Change. March 2012
www.bmj.com
Websites
Climiate and Health Council
World Health Organisation