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Publication land-use climate-health climate change

Neglected implications of land-use and land-cover changes on the climate-health nexus

Anton Orlov, Kristin Aunan, Malcolm N Mistry, Quentin Lejeune, Julia Pongratz, Wim Thiery, Antonio Gasparrini, Eilif Ursin Reed and Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

Climate change can substantially affect temperature-related mortality and morbidity, especially under high greenhouse gas emission pathways. Achieving the Paris Agreement goals require not only drastic reductions in fossil fuel-based emissions but also land-use and land-cover changes (LULCC), such as reforestation and afforestation. LULCC has been mainly analysed in the context of land-based mitigation and food security. However, growing scientific evidence shows that LULCC can also substantially alter climate through biogeophysical effects.

Neglected implications of land-use and land-cover changes on the climate-health nexus - IOPscience
2 June 2023
Publication air pollution Air quality health risk Clean air

Clean air in Europe for all - A call for more ambitious action

Boogaard, Hannaa; Andersen, Zorana Jovanovicb; Brunekreef, Bertc; Forastiere, Francescod; Forsberg, Bertile; Hoek, Gerardc; Krzyzanowski, Michald; Malmqvist, Ebbaf; Nieuwenhuijsen, Markg; Hoffmann, Barbarah;

Ambient air pollution is a major global public health risk factor. There is now broad consensus that exposure to air pollution causes an array of adverse health effects based on evidence from a large scientific literature that has grown exponentially since the mid-1990s. Air pollution damages most organ systems and is linked to many debilitating diseases, such as asthma, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, stroke, diabetes, lung cancer, and dementia.

Clean air in Europe for all - A call for more ambitious action
April 2023
Publication Heat stress Cardiorespiratory mortality Air pollution

Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries

Masna Rai, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca de'Donato, Matteo Scortichini, Sofia Zafeiratou, Liliana Vazquez Fernandez, Siqi Zhang, Klea Katsouyanni, Evangelia Samoli, Shilpa Rao, Eric Lavigne, Yuming Guo, Haidong Kan, Samuel Osorio, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Marek Maasikmets, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Niilo Ryti, Mathilde Pascal, Masahiro Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Barrak Alahmad, Magali Hurtado Diaz, César De la Cruz Valencia, Baltazar Nunes, Joana Madureira, Noah Scovronick, Rebecca M. Garland, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Shih-Chun Pan, Shanshan Li, Antonio Gasparrini, Francesco Sera, Pierre Masselot, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L. Bell, Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner

• Heat effect modification by air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality was investigated across 482 cities.
• Heat effect was seen to be significantly modified by air pollutants PM10, PM2.5, O3, and NO2.
• This study is the most extensive research to date investigating the heat effect modification on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality.
• This is the first-ever study to deeply investigate effect modifications by air pollutants such as PM2.5 and NO2.

Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries
April 2023
Publication Heat stress cold stress Environmental risk health burden

Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe

Pierre Masselot, Malcolm Mistry, Jacopo Vanoli, Rochelle Schneider, Tamara Iungman, David Garcia-Leon, Juan-Carlos Ciscar, Luc Feyen, Hans Orru, Aleš Urban, Susanne Breitner, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Evangelia Samoli, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca de’Donato, Shilpa Rao, Prof Ben Armstrong, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Prof Antonio Gasparrini

Heat and cold are established environmental risk factors for human health. However, mapping the related health burden is a difficult task due to the complexity of the associations and the differences in vulnerability and demographic distributions. In this study, we did a comprehensive mortality impact assessment due to heat and cold in European urban areas, considering geographical differences and age-specific risks.

Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe
13 March 2023
Publication health impact PM 2.5 O3 premature mortality emission reductions

Present-day and future PM2.5 and O3-related global and regional premature mortality in the EVAv6.0 health impact assessment model

Ulas Im, Susanne E. Bauer, Lise M. Frohn, Camilla Geels, Kostas Tsigaridis, Jørgen Brandt

• Present and future global PM2.5 and O3-related premature mortality is estimated.
• The present day global premature mortality is estimated to be 5.4 million.
• Bias correction increases global PM2.5-related premature mortality to 7.7 million.
• Emission reductions alone decreases premature mortality by up to 57% in 2050.
• Aging population increases premature mortality by up to a factor of 2.

Present-day and future PM2.5 and O3-related global and regional premature mortality in the EVAv6.0 health impact assessment model
1 January 2023