Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility : : Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health.

• Author: Al-Delaimy, Wael.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ramanathan, Veerabhadran.; Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Declaration: Our Planet, Our Health, Our Responsibility -- Statement of the Problem -- Principal Findings -- Proposed Solutions -- End of Declaration -- Introduction -- Contents -- Part I: The Anthropocene: Human-Nature Interactions -- CHAPTER 1: Complexity of Life and Its Dependence on the Environment -- Introduction -- Symbiosis and Nutritional Interdependencies -- Impacts of Nonliving Environmental Factors on Terrestrial Life Conditions -- Value of High Biodiversity -- Insight into the Laws of Nature for Biological Evolution -- Improvement of Life Expectancy -- Improvement of Nutritional Diets for Better Health -- Intensive Agriculture or Protection of the Rich Biodiversity? -- Reflection on Future Living Conditions on Our Planet Earth -- From Quantitative to Qualitative Growth -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 2: Biological Extinction and Climate Change -- Background -- How Many Species Exist Now? -- Factors Driving Extinction -- Extinction Rates -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 3: Sustaining Life: Human Health-Planetary Health Linkages -- Science -- Ways of Thinking and Knowing -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 4: How Do Our Actions Undermine Nature? -- Part I -- The Idea of Sustainable Development -- Wealth and Well-Being -- Accounting Prices and the Social Environment -- Sustainable Development Goals -- Part II -- What Is Investment? -- Wealth in India: Estimates -- References -- CHAPTER 5: Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health: Common Sources, Similar Impacts, and Common Solutions -- Science of Air Pollution and Climate Change -- Air Pollutants and Climate Pollutants: Similar Impacts -- Air Pollution Impacts -- Climate Pollution Impacts -- Concluding Remarks: Common Solutions -- References.

Part II: Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Health: The Underlying Science and Impacts -- CHAPTER 6: Air Pollution: Adverse Effects and Disease Burden -- Introduction -- The Health Effects of Air Pollution -- The Disease Burden from Ambient Air Pollution -- Research Needs -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 7: Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress, and Public Health in the Anthropocene -- Background -- Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species -- Allergic Diseases -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 8: Climate Change, Air Pollution, and the Environment: The Health Argument -- Air Pollution: A Major Killer -- The Public Health Response to Climate and Environmental Change -- Healthy Opportunities -- Concluding Remarks: The Transformation Needed -- References -- CHAPTER 9: Reducing Air Pollution: Avoidable Health Burden -- Introduction -- Methods: Earth System Chemistry Model -- Multi-pollutant Index (MPI) -- Health Impacts of Air Pollution -- World Avoided by Improving Technology in the EU -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Climate Change and Health: Sustainability and Vulnerable Populations and Regions -- CHAPTER 10: Vulnerable Populations and Regions: Middle East as a Case Study -- Historical and Religious Relevance -- Extreme Heat Wave Events -- Desert Sand and Dust Storms -- Water Scarcity -- Climate Change and Political Instability in Relation to Refugees -- Health of Refugees -- Solutions and Level of Preparedness -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 11: Climate Change Risks for Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition -- Introduction -- Conceptual Relationships of Agriculture, Food Security, and Health Under Climate Change -- Climate Risks for the Stability of the Entire Global Food System -- Agricultural Production- and Processing-Related Health Linkages Under Climate Stress.

Income- and Employment-Related Linkages of Climate Change -- Linkages of Climate Change and Health via Markets and Services -- Policy Implications and Research Challenges -- References -- CHAPTER 12: Sustaining Water Resources -- Background -- Human Appropriation of Water Resources -- Environmental Impacts of Water Withdrawals -- Water Use for Agriculture -- Sustainable and Unsustainable Water Use for Irrigation -- Livestock Production -- Projections of Future Water Needs for Food Production -- Pathways to Water Conservation -- Waste Reduction -- Changes in Diets -- Crop Water Management -- Improving Crop Suitability by Replacing Crops -- Water Savings through Trade -- Globalization of Water -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 13: Health Climate Justice and Deforestation in the Amazon -- Deforestation and Fires in the Amazon -- Amazon Tipping Point -- Forest Fires and Health -- Implications for Public Policies and Research -- Conclusions and Call to Action -- References -- Part IV: Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Physicians -- CHAPTER 14: Psychological Impacts of Climate Change and Recommendations -- Extreme Weather Events -- Summer Heat Waves -- Chronic Climate Conditions -- Drought Conditions -- Sea Level Rise -- Other Sources of Climate-Related Psychological Impacts -- New Disease Threats -- Air Pollution -- Vulnerable Populations -- Summary of Psychosocial Impacts -- Special Message to Mental Health Professionals: Recommendations and a Call to Action -- References -- CHAPTER 15: Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: A Proven Causality -- Background -- The Impact of Cardiovascular Disease Worldwide -- Air Pollution: A Poorly Recognized Vascular Disease Risk Factor -- Particulate Matter -- PM Toxic Levels: How Low is Harmless? -- Worldwide Air Pollution -- Is PM2.5 Inhalation Currently Preventable?.

How Does Air Pollution Reach the Vascular System? -- What Is the Evidence Linking Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease? -- Air Pollution and Congenital Heart Disease -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 16: Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Thinking -- Introduction -- Climate and Health -- Holistic Thinking -- Holism: A Systems Model of Health -- Towards a Health Commons -- Being Well Together: Towards a Livable Economy -- Action Steps -- Climate Justice -- Wealth Creation -- Dietary Wellness -- Good Food Purchasing and Food System Models -- Health Commons and Fostering Health -- Integrative Health and Medicine -- Climate Neutrality and Climate Smart Healthcare -- The Commons and the Healing Power of Nature -- Active Living and Public Transportation -- Zero Waste -- Being Well Together -- Skills for Health Professionals -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Climate Change and Health: Social Impacts -- CHAPTER 17: Climate Change, Public Health, Social Peace -- Climate Change -- Public Health and Social Peace -- A Radically Logical Proposal -- Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- CHAPTER 18: Climate Justice and Public Health: Practical Ethics in Urgent Times -- Climate Change and the Bottom Three Billion: Injustice, Not Misfortune -- Climate Justice: Redistributing Harms and Responsibilities -- Climate Justice: Latin American Living Laboratories -- The Next Step: Public Health as a Social "Lever" -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 19: Health of People, Health of the Planet, Health of Migrants -- Catastrophic Migrations of the Twenty-First Century: A New Cartography -- Environmental Dystopia -- War and Terror -- The New Face of Catastrophic Migrations -- Conclusions -- References -- Part VI: Overarching Solutions: The Role of Religion -- CHAPTER 20: Faith in God and the Health of People -- The Protestant Evangelical Perspective.

Engaging in the Issue -- Religion Versus Science -- Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 21: Caring for Creation: The Evangelical's Guide -- Introduction -- Values/Morality-Based Messaging -- Creation Care: It's a Matter of Life -- The Bible as the Source of Moral Value -- Hope -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 22: Call to Action from Faith Leaders -- The Context of Faith -- The Contribution of Faith -- The Journey of Faith -- The Role of Faith Leaders -- References -- Part VII: Overarching Solutions: The Role of Science and Technology -- CHAPTER 23: Public Health Co-benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Climate Change -- Health Effects of Climate Change -- Existing Response and Challenges -- The Potential Opportunity: Public Health Co-benefits of Reducing GHG Emissions -- Public Health Co-benefits of Measures to Mitigate GHG Emissions -- Challenges and Uncertainties in Estimating Health Co-benefits -- Knowledge Gaps -- Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 24: Good Health in the Anthropocene Epoch: Potential for Transformative Solutions -- Introduction -- The Imperative of Transformative Change -- Health Co-benefits of Reduced Air Pollution from Clean Renewable Energy Sources -- Valuation of the Air Pollution Co-benefits of Mitigation Strategies -- Cities -- Health in the Circular Economy -- Food and Agriculture -- Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Reduce Climate Change and Improve Health -- Potential Adverse Effects of Policies to Address Environmental Change -- The Post-2015 Development Agenda -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 25: Well Under 2 °C: Ten Solutions for Carbon Neutrality and Climate Stability -- Bending the Curve: Four Building Blocks, Three Levers, and Ten Solutions -- Ten Scalable Solutions to Bend the Curve -- Science Pathways Cluster -- Societal Transformation Cluster.

Governance Cluster.