MedECC, Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change
Published November 17, 2020 | Version v1
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Chapter 5.2: Society – Health

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Haifa: Haifa, IL
  • 2. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • 3. ROR icon Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • 4. School of Public Health (Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
  • 5. ROR icon Technical University of Denmark

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale
  • 2. ROR icon Centre de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement
  • 3. MedECC Secretariat
  • 4. Plan Bleu

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Chapter 5.2: Society – Development of the First Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) published by MedECC in November 2020.

Climate and environmental change cause a wide range of impacts on human health in Mediterranean countries. The vulnerability of people to the impacts of climate and environmental change is strongly influenced by population density, level of economic development, food availability, income level and distribution, local environmental conditions, pre-existing health status, and the quality and availability of public health care. Poorer countries, particularly in North Africa and the Levant, are at highest risk.

Technical info (English)

This chapter should be cited as: Paz S, Linares C, Díaz J, Negev M, Sánchez Martínez G 2020 Health. In: Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin - Current Situation and Risks for the Future. First Mediterranean Assessment Report [Cramer W, Guiot J, Marini K (eds.)] Union for the Mediterranean, Plan Bleu, UNEP/MAP, Marseille, France, pp. 493-514, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7101115.

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