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Climate Change and Health: An Overview of the Issues and Needs

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This introductory chapter outlines some of the key issues related to climate change and health, as well as some areas where action is needed, so as to allow a more systematic approach towards the problem. It outlines the challenges of Climate change to societies and its impacts on human health; considers the influence on various groups of stakeholders and suggests some measures, which may lead to a better understanding of the connections between human health and ever changing climate conditions.

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  1. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Prof. Walter Leal Filho

  2. Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Ulisses M. Azeiteiro & Fátima Alves

  3. University of Aberta, Porto, Portugal

    Ulisses M. Azeiteiro & Fátima Alves

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  1. Faculty of Life Sciences, Sect., Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. CFE University of Coimbra, Universidade Aberta and, Porto, Portugal

    Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

  3. Universidade Aberta, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Alves

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Leal Filho, W., Azeiteiro, U.M., Alves, F. (2016). Climate Change and Health: An Overview of the Issues and Needs. In: Leal Filho, W., Azeiteiro, U., Alves, F. (eds) Climate Change and Health. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24660-4_1

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