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Climate change and respiratory diseases: a 2020 perspective
Manish Joshi1,2, Harmeen Goraya1, Anita Joshi
1University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
|December 19, 2019
Summary
Climate change, through warming and unpredictable weather, significantly harms human respiratory health by worsening air quality and increasing allergens. Urgent global, national, and individual actions are needed to address these escalating health risks.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Health
- Climate Science
- Pulmonology
Background:
- Climate change presents progressive warming and increased weather variability.
- These changes have profound negative impacts on human respiratory well-being.
- Existing research highlights the growing threat to respiratory health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive overview of climate change's effects on human respiratory health.
- To synthesize findings from recent studies on this critical issue.
Main Methods:
- Review and summarization of existing sophisticated studies.
- Analysis of projected increases in respiratory morbidity and mortality.
Main Results:
- Climate change exacerbates respiratory conditions through poorer air quality and heightened allergen exposure.
- New respiratory diseases emerge due to climate-driven alterations in allergens and infectious disease vectors.
- Numerous studies project substantial global increases in respiratory illness and death.
Conclusions:
- The impact of climate change on respiratory health is unequivocally clear.
- The evidence mandates significant changes in policy and behavior.
- Addressing this requires coordinated international, national, and individual efforts.
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