Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Climate change and human health: Present and future risks

Date

Authors

McMichael, Anthony

Woodruff, Rosalie

Hales, Simon

Publisher

Lancet Publishing Group

Abstract

There is near unanimous scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions generated by human activity will change Earth's climate. The recent (globally averaged) warming by 0·5°C is partly attributable to such anthropogenic emissions. Climate change wi

Keywords

Keywords: climate change; demography; dengue; economic aspect; environmental health; environmental impact assessment; flooding; geographic distribution; greenhouse effect; health hazard; heat stress; human; hunger; infection; mortality; nonhuman; prevention and con

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36964

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Lancet, The (UK edition)

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68079-3

Restricted until

2037-12-31

Downloads

File

Description

01_McMichael_Climate_change_and_human_2006.pdf (273.42 KB)

abcd