Class Research Resources and Assignments

Week 7
Supplementary material for Week 6
 Videos of Class 7 Lecture

The Environmental Impact of Climate Change
        Dr. Paul Epstein - Harvard Medical School

           "Pests, Disease and Human Health"
 
Overview text readings:
National Assessment Synthesis Team, US Global Change Research Program
2000
 Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
- Human Health [HTML version]
World Health Organization
2000
 Climate Change and Human Health: Impact and Adaptation, (May 2000).
Paul Epstein
2000
 "Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?," Scientific American, (20 August 2000).
Paul Epstein, et. al.
2000
 Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture: The Impacts of Warming and Extreme Weather Events on Productivity, Plant Diseases, and Pests (Boston, Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment, 2000).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC)
2001

Climate Change 2001: Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC, 2001),
Chapter 9 - Human Health [HTML version]
World Health Organization
2003
 Climate change and human health - risks and responses. Summary., World Health Organization, (December 2003).
Past Lecture
 Paul Epstein
2005
 Climate Change and Human Health (Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment, February 8, 2005)

    Changes in atmospheric chemistry are altering Earth's heat budget (physics) and, via acceleration of the hydrological cycle, are affecting biological and social systems. Climate restricts the range of infectious disease while weather affects the timing and intensity of outbreaks. This lecture will provide a framework for understanding the social and environmental factors affecting health, focusing on the pathways by which climate and ecological change influence public health.

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