Climate Change and Public Health

Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is an environmental and occupational health specialist with more than forty years of experience in this field. He has edited and written twenty-one previous books. He is an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and a past president of the American Public Health Association.Jonathan A. Patz, M.D., M.P.H., has taught and conducted research on the health effects of climate change for thirty years and has authored major national and international reports on this subject. He is a Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair of Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

• * Authors of textboxes written by one or more of the chapter's authors are not shown in the Table of Contents Foreword to the First Edition Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributors Disclaimer Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Applying a Public Health Context to Climate Change Jonathan A. Patz and Barry S. Levy Box 1-1: Disparities Box 1-2: A Brief History of Organizational Responses to Climate Change Chapter 2: Applying Climate Science to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Stephen J. Vavrus, Aimee Puz, Samuel Kruse, and Jonathan A. Patz Part II: Health Impacts Chapter 3: Heat-Related Disorders among Workers Tord Kjellstrom, Jeremy Lim, and Jason Lee Box 3-1: Safe Work Depends on Work Intensity Level and Temperature Chapter 4: Heat-Related Disorders among Community Populations Rupa Basu and Xiangmei (May) Wu Chapter 5: Respiratory DisordersIoana O. Agache, Vanitha Sampath, Juan Aguilera, and Kari C. Nadeau Box 5-1: Occupational Respiratory Disorders Crystal M. North and David C. Christiani Box 5-2: Achieving Health and Climate Co-benefits by Reducing Household Air Pollution from Solid Cooking Fuels Lisa M. Thompson and Jamesine V. Rogers Gibson Chapter 6: Vectorborne Diseases Christopher M. Barker and William K. Reisen Chapter 7: Waterborne Diseases Jennifer R. Bratburd and Sandra L. McLellan Chapter 8: Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Jessica Fanzo, Kate R. Schneider, and Stanley Wood Box 8-1: Threats from Plant Pathogens Caitilyn Allen Chapter 9: Mental Health Impacts Thomas J. Doherty and Amy D. Lykins Box 9-1: Assessing and Responding to Mental Health Impacts of Wildfires in Alaska Micah Hahn Box 9-2: Australia's "Black Summer Bushfire Season" Chapter 10: Violence Barry S. Levy Box 10-1: Migration Due to Climate Change Part III: Developing and Implementing Policies for Mitigation Chapter 11. The Public Policymaking Process and the Power of Participation Kathleen M. Rest Box 11-1: Examples of Existing Federal Laws, Regulations, and Other Policies Related to Climate Change Box 11-2: Local Community Takes Action on Deadly Heat Roseann Bongiovanni Box 11-3: Approaching Climate Action Through the Lens of Local Needs Shimekia Nichols and James Gignac Appendix: Glossary of Some Policymaking Terms Chapter 12: Energy Policy Nova M. Tebbe, Nicholas A. Mailloux, and Gregory F. Nemet Box 12-1: Air Quality and Health Benefits of Mitigation Policies Chapter 13: Transportation Policy Kathryn A. Zyla Box 13-1: Epidemiological Evidence for the Health Benefits of Active Transportation Natalie Levine and Maggie L. Grabow Chapter 14: Agriculture Policy Valerie J. Stull and Jonathan A. Patz Part IV: Developing and Implementing Actions for Adaptation Chapter 15: Implementing Health Adaptation Kristie L. Ebi and Peter Berry Box 15-1: Guiding Principles for Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health Climate Change and Health Adaptation Framework Kristie L. Ebi and Peter Berry Box 15-2: Systems Approach to Climate Services for Health in Ethiopia Kristie L. Ebi and Peter Berry Box 15-3: Combining Mitigation and Adaptation: Climate Proofing of Healthcare Facilities Kristie L. Ebi and Peter Berry Chapter 16: Planning Healthy and Sustainable Built Environments Jason Vargo Chapter 17: Promoting Health Through Nature-Based Climate Solutions Howard Frumkin, Brendan Shane, and Taj Schottland Box 17-1: Ecosystem Services and Nature's Contributions to People Howard Frumkin, Brendan Shane, and Taj Schottland Box 17-2: How Many Trees Can the World Support? Howard Frumkin, Brendan Shane, and Taj Schottland Part V: Strengthening Public and Political Support Chapter 18: Communicating the Health Relevance of Climate Change Mona Sarfaty and Edward Maibach Box 18-1: Principles of Climate Change Communication Howard Frumkin and Edward Maibach Chapter 19: Building Movements to Address Climate Change Teddie M. Potter, Julia Frost Nerbonne, and Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni Box 19-1: The Climate and Health Movement Linda Rudolph Box 19-2: Greening of the Healthcare Sector Gary Cohen Box 19-3: Three Innovative Climate Change Initiatives Olivia M. Dyrbye-Wright Chapter 20: Promoting Climate Justice Rohini J. Haar and Barry S. Levy Box 20-1: Steps for a Just Energy Transition Barry S. Levy Index

If you want to know why you should care about climate change, read this book. The authors aren't politicians or policy makers or pundits. They're public health professionals who walk through the science facts and data analysis. And in the end, after reading each chapter, you will be left with the undeniable fact that the threat of climate is not only real, it's really about you and your family's health and well-being. But this book doesn't stop there. It shows us that we can reduce the pollution that is destabilizing our planet by shifting to technologies, practices and products that will save millions and millions of lives every year. So what are you waiting for? Read the book and then go out and act on climate