This book discusses regional and international climate-change, air-
pollution and human-health scenarios. The research, from both
industrialized and developing countries, focuses on region-specific
perspectives of climate change impacts on air pollution. After
analyzing the variations of climate data over recent decades, the
authors consider the different effects of climate change on air
pollution and health. As stressed by the IPCC, "pollen, smoke and
ozone levels are likely to increase in a warming world, affecting
the health of residents of major cities. Rising temperatures will
worsen air quality through a combination of more ozone in cities,
bigger wild fires and worse pollen outbreaks," according to a major
UN climate report. The report follows the World Health Organization
in finding that air pollution is the world's greatest environmental
health risk, killing 7 million people in 2014 (compared to 0.4
million deaths due to malaria). Deteriorating air quality will most
affect the elderly, children, people with chronic ill-health and
expectant mothers. Another report suggests that more than 5.5
million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution with
over half of those deaths occurring in China and India. A study on
the air pollution in the USA,suggests that more than half of US
population lives in areas with potentially dangerous air pollution,
and about six out of 10 of the top cities for air pollution in the
USA are located in the state of California. In the face of future
climate change, scientists have urged stronger emission controls to
avoid worsening air pollution and the associated exacerbation of
health problems, especially in more populated regions of the world.
It is hoped that the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement
will help minimize air pollution. Additionally the authors consider
the various measures that different countries and groups of
countries, like the European Union, have adopted to mitigate the
problems arising from climate change and to safeguard the health of
population. The book examines the increasing incidence of diseases
largely caused by climate change. The countries/regions covered in
this study include the USA, Northern Europe (U.K).,Southern Europe
( Italy), Canada, Australia, East Asia, Russia, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil,
Caribbean countries, and Argentina.
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