Extreme weather and climate change: population health and health system implications

KL Ebi, J Vanos, JW Baldwin, JE Bell… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are an
expression of climate variability. These events and events influenced by climate change …

Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation

SC Cook-Patton, CR Drever, BW Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Limited time and resources remain to constrain the climate crisis. Natural climate solutions
represent promising options to protect, manage and restore natural lands for additional …

Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds

CE Doughty, JM Keany, BC Wiebe, C Rey-Sanchez… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to
fail averages approximately 46.7° C (T crit). However, it remains unclear whether leaf …

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR)

N Fallah Shayan, N Mohabbati-Kalejahi, S Alavi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been an articulated practice for over 7 decades.
Still, most corporations lack an integrated framework to develop a strategic, balanced, and …

Deforestation and climate change are projected to increase heat stress risk in the Brazilian Amazon

BF Alves de Oliveira, MJ Bottino, P Nobre… - Communications Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Land use change and deforestation can influence local temperature and climate. Here we
use a coupled ocean-atmosphere model to assess the impact of savannization of the …

[HTML][HTML] Global labor loss due to humid heat exposure underestimated for outdoor workers

LA Parsons, YJ Masuda, T Kroeger… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Humid heat impacts a large portion of the world's population that works outdoors. Previous
studies have quantified humid heat impacts on labor productivity by relying on exposure …

Amazon deforestation causes strong regional warming

EW Butt, JCA Baker, FGS Bezerra… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Tropical deforestation impacts the climate through complex land–atmosphere interactions
causing local and regional warming. However, whilst the impacts of deforestation on local …

The effect of deforestation and climate change on all-cause mortality and unsafe work conditions due to heat exposure in Berau, Indonesia: a modelling study

NH Wolff, LRV Zeppetello, LA Parsons… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Previous studies focusing on urban, industrialised regions have found that
excess heat exposure can increase all-cause mortality, heat-related illnesses, and …

The rapid rise of next-generation natural history

MI Tosa, EH Dziedzic, CL Appel, J Urbina… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many ecologists have lamented the demise of natural history and have attributed this
decline to a misguided view that natural history is outdated and unscientific. Although there …

Impacts of warming on outdoor worker well-being in the tropics and adaptation options

YJ Masuda, LA Parsons, JT Spector, DS Battisti… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Over a billion outdoor workers live in the tropics, where nearly a fifth of all hours in the year
are hot and humid enough to exceed recommended safety thresholds for workers …