Air pollution and climate change.
Air pollution and climate change.
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空气污染和气候变化。
DOI:
10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00189-4
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发表时间:
2023
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通讯作者:
Pinho-Gomes AC
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作者:
Pinho-Gomes AC
Air pollution and climate change are both threats to population health worldwide. In the UK, we have seen how climate change is already affecting all the systems on which our health depends. The consequences range from inconvenient, such as fresh produce shortages in supermarkets, to profoundly impactful, such as excess deaths related to the unprecedented heatwaves in 2022. Even if the most ambitious reductions in greenhousegas emissions are achieved, which is unlikely if current trends continue, the consequences of climate change will be experienced by future generations due to the greenhouse-gas emissions that have already accumulated in the atmosphere. 1 Despite substantial progress during the past few decades towards improving air quality, including in the UK, 2 air pollution remains the largest modifiable environmental risk to public health globally. 3 In the UK, human-made air pollution is associated with the onset and exacerbation of several chronic disorders, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and leads to between 28 000 and 36 000 deaths every year. 4 There are substantial inequalities in the effects of air pollution and climate change worldwide. 3 People in the UK who are experiencing deprivation or other forms of socioeconomic disadvantage, including minoritisedethnic groups, are more likely to live close to sources of air pollution, such as major roads or industrial sources. 5, 6 Furthermore, they have less access to green and blue spaces, which reduce exposure to air pollution and heat stress. 7 In cities, where most of the UK population now lives, urban heat-islands have a disproportionate impact on the most deprived communities. These inequalities are the basis of the deprivation gradient in morbidity and mortality related to air pollution and heat, which exacerbates the effects of other risk factors, such as inadequate access to healthy food or poor housing and working conditions. 8Air pollution and climate change are deeply interconnected because the chemical species that lead to a degradation in air quality are frequently co-emitted with greenhouse gases. 9 As well as the substantial risks to the population that are associated with air pollution and climate change separately, each can exacerbate the effects of the other. Drier and hotter conditions can lead to high air pollution in general, particularly high ozone,
DOI:
10.1186/s12940-017-0314-5
发表时间:
2017-10-06
期刊:
Environmental health : a global access science source
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作者:
Milojevic A;Niedzwiedz CL;Pearce J;Milner J;MacKenzie IA;Doherty RM;Wilkinson P
通讯作者:
Wilkinson P
影响因子:
7.9
作者:
Orru H;Ebi KL;Forsberg B
通讯作者:
Forsberg B
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Brunt, H.;Barnes, J.;Hayes, E.
通讯作者:
Hayes, E.