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By Wilhelm Kirch, B. Menne, R. Bertollini

At the atmosphere and actively to minimize the weight of mortality and ailment on human populations and ecosystems. T ere isn't any time for complacency. activities has to be taken urgently to guard the surroundings of Europe and guarantee the overall healthiness of its electorate. 1 govt Director, eu setting employer 2 Director, precise Programme on well-being and atmosphere, WHO local Of ce for Europe 00_weather 00_weather events_neu. indd XVIII events_neu. indd XVIII 22. 06. 2005 22. 06. 2005 13:01:07 13:01:07 Editorial 'Si le recognize de lhomme est fonde dans le c ur des hommes, les hommes f niront bien par fonder en retour le systeme social, politique ou economique qui consacrera ce admire' "Lettre a un otage," Antoine de Saint-Exupery T e worldwide weather is altering. over the last a hundred years warming has been saw in all continents with a standard elevate of zero. 6 zero. 2 C (man SD) throughout the twentieth century. T e maximum temperature alterations happened at heart and excessive latitudes within the northern hemispheres. T e development in the direction of hotter ordinary floor temperatures for the interval on the grounds that 1976 is approximately thrice that of the prior a hundred years as a complete. within the final many years warming appears to be like caused by human actions (man-made environmental alterations) like land-use adjustments, deforestation, urbanisation and the relief of wetlands. worldwide weather switch might be observed via a rise in frequency and depth of maximum climate occasions.

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Changes in extreme events may be experienced as changes in the rate or frequency of events and/or as changes in their intensity or magnitude. Spatial and temporal clustering of events may become more common. For example, heat-waves may increase in both frequency and duration in coming decades. Projections for cold spells are more uncertain. What is certain is that increasing climate variability will challenge public health systems. These possible changes require policy makers at all levels to take a proactive, anticipatory approach to designing strategies, policies and measures to reduce current and future burdens of climate-sensitive diseases.

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2001). Very little information Following the floods in the north-eastern Republic of available, mainly anecdotal Sakha (Yakutia) in July 1998, a high incidence of respiratory diseases was observed by the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) (IFRC, personal communication). Few well conducted Higher levels of depression among flooded households compared studies – but clearly an area to controls following floods in South east of UK. (Tapsell, for further investigation. Tunstall 2001) (Green, Emery, Penning-Rowsell et al.

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