Respiratory Health Effects of Global Climate Change Workshop

描述(申请人提供)：全球气候变化预计将对人类健康产生影响，并可能对呼吸健康产生不利影响。预期的呼吸影响包括高温导致的空气污染增加、气候变化导致的过敏性花粉暴露增加、病媒传播的呼吸系统疾病增加以及与热应激相关的危重疾病。需要进一步研究，以更好地了解这些预计的呼吸健康影响的可能性，了解它们与气候变化的联系，并制定人口和个人缓解战略，以保护人类健康。拟议的研讨会将召集呼吸系统疾病专家和气候变化专家编写一份文件，说明与全球气候变化对呼吸健康的影响有关的重要研究问题，包括发达国家、发展中国家和不发达世界的研究问题，回答研究问题的适当机制，以及解决重要研究问题的知识差距和研究基础设施需求。 与公共健康的相关性(从应用中修改)：正如政府间气候变化专门委员会2007年第四次评估报告最新描述的那样，全球气候变化很可能是由人类活动推动的，除非迅速减弱，否则很可能对气候产生严重和长期的影响，包括平均气温上升以及现有天气和降水模式的中断，这将对公众健康产生不利影响。需要进行研究，以便更好地量化、了解和制定缓解和适应战略，以应对气候变化预期的直接和间接的呼吸健康影响。需要进行研究，以解决发达国家、发展中国家和欠发达世界的相关问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Global climate change is expected to have impacts on human health, with likely adverse impacts on respiratory health. Anticipated respiratory impacts include heat-induced increases in air pollution, increased allergic pollen exposures from changes in climate, increased vector-born respiratory disease, and heat-stress related critical care illness. Further research is needed to better understand the probability of these projected respiratory health effects, understand their links with climate change, and develop population and individual mitigation strategies to protect human health. The proposed workshop will convene respiratory disease experts and climate change experts to develop a document for publication that describes important research questions related to the respiratory health effects of global climate change, including research questions for the developed, developing and underdeveloped world, appropriate mechanisms for answering research questions, and knowledge gaps and research infrastructure needs to address important research questions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (modified from application): As most recently described in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Fourth Assessment Report, global climate changes are likely driven by human activities and, unless quickly abated, will likely have severe and prolonged impacts on climate, including higher average temperatures and disruptions in existing weather and precipitation patterns that will adversely impact public health. Research is needed to better quantify, understand and develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to the anticipated direct and indirect respiratory health effects of climate change. Research is needed to address relevant questions for the developed, developing and under-developed world.