Investigating the Effects of Climate Change on Human Health Outcomes

This report examines the significant health threats posed by climate change, highlighting the rationale for research, methodologies used, and a comprehensive literature review. It delves into the interconnectedness of climate change and human health, exploring the causes and effects of climate change, including its impact on vulnerable populations and the exacerbation of existing health inequalities. The report also discusses potential interventions and strategies to mitigate negative impacts, such as carbon pricing, ending fossil fuel subsidies, and enhancing energy efficiency. Ultimately, the report concludes that climate change significantly affects human health, necessitating interventional approaches to protect against climate-related health issues. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study tools and solved assignments for students.

Climate change and human
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH...........................................................................................2
METHOD........................................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Notion of climate change and human health..........................................................................3
Effect and causes of the climate change and human health...................................................4
Way and intervention to reduce the negative impact of the climate change and human health
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DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION...............................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

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INTRODUCTION
Climate change is defined as the single largest health threat which is analysed among the
humanity and the health professional worldwide which is already responding to the health issue
which is generally cause due to the unfolding crisis. The intergovernmental panel on climate
change is usually show information which is related with the avert catastrophic health impact and
their prevention which is occur among the millions of climate change related death. The world
has some of the limit which is well related with the temperature which is rise to the 1.5 degree
Celsius (Africa, Heerwagen, Loftness, and Ryan Balagtas, 2019). The emission which is
recorded in the past is help to show the certain level of global temperature which is rise and
make the other change which is well related with the climate inevitable. The global heating
which is also even not considered as the face. In this report, the major of discussion is well
related with the context of climate change and their impact on human health. Therefore, the
discussion well fosters the condition which is also analyse the research method and methodology
which is taken in order to collect and select the data (Agrimonti, Lauro, and Visioli, 2021).
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH
The rationale for the research is well related with the topic which help to analyse the climate
change and their impact which affect the human health. The human health is usually get affected
due to the change in climate. For example, if a person gets cold the sense of the body collapse
and show the issue of cold and so on. In this, report, the major of rationale which may show the
aspect which help to provide the knowledge which is focus on the personal and professional
development. In this, the professional development is also help to analyse within the context of
course, future post graduate courses, workplace and so on. The knowledge and education which
is formulated while conducting the research provide an aspect to make the rationale in the
professional behaviour (Anderson, and Clapp, 2018). The personal development which may also
show their context for the development of the self-knowledge and growth. The topic is well
related with the change in climate and their influence on the health of human. The study helps to
enhance the knowledge regards with the climate and factor which may alter the human health. In
addition, the significance of the topic which may show the aspect where the proper study is used
to taken which may provide the devise plan for the growth in the term of professional and
personal. In addition, it is generally analysed that the issue of health implication is help the
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general population to make the change which is suitable for the prevention of factor which may
affect when the climate is properly change and show the occurrence as the issue of health among
the human. In addition, the knowledge which may be professional help to educate the people
within the healthcare setting to take the barrier and generate the aspect that reduce the issue.
Therefore, the study on the personal level also allow to promote the education which is well
show the aspect to share the preventive measurement among the friend, relative and many more
(Barteit and et. al., 2018).
METHOD
The major method which is used in order to collect the data and information is usually
follow the mixed method. The mixed is defined as the aspect which help to provide the data that
based on the qualitative and quantitative both. The qualitative data is usually cover the concept,
model and thesis with the context of non-numerical data. Whereas, the quantitative data help to
provide the aspect which may show the significance which allow to collect the numerical data,
graph and various statistic which show the appropriate interpretation of data and information and
provide the approximate value which is suitable for the research process (Chua and et. al., 2019).
LITERATURE REVIEW
Notion of climate change and human health
The changing climate affect the human health and wellbeing and world health organization
which has been said that climate change which is also show the critical public health challenge.
The effect of the climate change which is more worsen which may the existing illness, disease
and situation which help to enhance the exposure and temperature and introducing the new pest
and pathogen and showing the impairment towards the air quality and water resources. The
planets are usually warm and oceans expand and the sea level rises, flood and drought become
more severe (Hwong and et. al., 2022). There are various of population which may include
children, elder and poor and those with the underlying context that may provide the aspect which
may show the aspect which is well related with the underlying issue of health conditions. The
proper and immediate action are used to chosen in order to provide which is related with the
lesson. In this, the immediate action is used to taken to the lessen the effect of the climate change
which is also known as the mitigation (Zhang, Braithwaite, Bhavsar, and Das-Munshi, 2021). In
addition, they also show the aspect which help to build the resilience in order to minimise the
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impact on the health and the health of future generation which is also known as the adaptation. In
addition, there are number of action which is used to taken in order to provide the benefits for the
health, the federal governments have called for the efforts in order to make the assistance for the
mitigation and adaption of the climate change that create climate change that healthier. The goals
of the NIEHS climate change and human health program align with the context these efforts (Lee
and et. al., 2020).
Effect and causes of the climate change and human health
The climate crisis which may generally threatening which is also show the undo the least
fifty years of the progress in the core developments, global health and poverty reduction which is
show the existing health inequalities between the among the population. They are severely
jeopardizing that they show context that show the realization of the universal health coverage in
the various ways. That may include by show the context of compounding the existing burden of
the disease and they are exacerbating existing barrier to access the health service, often at the
times when they are most needed. Over the 930 million people around 12 of the world population
which is also spend at the least 10 of their household budget in order to make the pay for the
healthcare. With the poorest people which is largely facing the issue of health shocks due to the
change in the climate (Lehmann, Bossio, Kögel-Knabner, and Rillig, 2020).
There is other climate change which is already impact health on the myriad of the ways
which may include to cause the lead to death and illness form the enhance frequent extreme
weather events. Such as heatwaves, storms and flood, the disruption of the food system, enhance
the zoonosis and food, water and vector and other borne disease and mental health issue (Wu,
Snell, and Samji, 2020). In addition, the climate change in the undermining many of the social
determinant for the context of good health. It may include the livelihood, equality and access to
the healthcare and the social support structure. The climate sensitive health risk which is felt that
the they are vulnerable and disadvantaged include women, children, ethnic, minorities, poor
communities and migrants or displaced person, older person, older population and those
underlying health situation (Watts and et. al., 2018).
Way and intervention to reduce the negative impact of the climate change and human health
There are some of the ways which may use in order to reduce the complication of climate and
human health. These are:
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Put a price on carbon: Cutting emission start with the clear policy signals that carbon pricing
system such as emission trading system that cap emission or the carbon taxes that make the
charge per ton. In addition, send a long term signals to make the companies by creating the
aspect which help to reduce the polluting behaviour and to make the invest with the cleaner that
is well related with the cleaner energy choices and low carbon innovation (Leiserowitz and et.
al., 2021).
End fossil fuel subsidies: The fossil fuel subsidies used to provide the context which is well
related with the context of encourage the waste and discourage the low carbon which is well
related with the term of growth. In addition, they used to provide the aspect which is showing the
phasing that is well related with the harmful fossil fuel subsidies that may provide the context of
reallocation that show the spending of which is much needed and most effective that include the
support for the poor (Mishra, Mishra, and Siddique, 2020).
DISCUSSION
In this, the discussion is well followed the change in the climate and their potential impact
on the human health. The change in the climate may lead to cause the major of complication in
the health of the people. Some of the people are used to face the consequence due to the change
in the climate (Phillips, Lipman, Gugelmann, Doering, and Lung, 2019). Such as some of the
people which may suffer the issue of common cold and other illness due to the change in the
environment which may turn from the cold to warm or warm to cold. In addition, it is generally
analysing that there is potential of people who is facing the issue which may cause the various of
issue within the body. For example, the improvement to the energy efficiency and vehicle fuel
economy enhance in the wind and solar power. In addition, the biofuel is arising from the
organic waste, setting and appropriate price on the carbon and making the interceptions which is
well appropriate in order to secure and protect the gases trapping the heat in the term of planets.
In addition, the climate intervention is well proposing with the enhancement which may
show the removal gases or reducing the amount of the heat energy in the climate system in the
order to reduce the warming and show their impact and intervention which is well show the
context to barrier to make the barrier for the change in climate which may impact the human
health (Rockwell-Postel, Laginhas, and Bradley, 2020).
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
As per the above discussion, it is well analysed that the climate change may affect the health
of the human due to change the physiology of body. The climate change may alter the
environment and environmental factor affect the other people in the such a way which may
create complication with the health issue. In addition, it is also analysed that the change in the
climate may happen which is individually show the behaviour which require interventional
approach to resist the behaviour which may affect due to the climate change. In addition, it is
also analysing that the change in the climate may render the health of the human due to the
physiological alteration that show inherent factor that slow down the feedback immunity which
work as the protective mechanism for the human to control the biological change that occur due
to the climate change. In addition, they also show the aspect which may provide the brief context
where human must use cloth and medication that reduce the change of illness and disease
condition that foster the issue of health implication.
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