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date : 4/5/2024

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TypeTitleYearAuthor/PublisherAbstract
Essay/Review保健医療分野におけるカーボンニュートラルと健康影響（Health Impacts of Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality in the Healthcare Sector）2023Masahiro Hashizume
ArticleConsumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually2021Keisuke Nansai, Susumu Tohno, Satoru Chatani, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Shigemi Kagawa, Yasushi Kondo, Wataru Takayanagi & Manfred LenzenThe author explains health impacts of climate change and carbon neutrality in the healthcare sector based on "Review of IPCC Evidence 2022: climate change, health, and well-being" by World Health Organization.
International OrganizationClimate change and health2021World Health Organization (WHO)
International OrganizationClimate Action Fast Factsn.d.United Nations
International OrganizationFast Facts on climate and healthn.d.United Nations
International Organization2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Survey Report2021World Health Organization (WHO)
International OrganizationGlobal climate change and child health: training for health care providers2019World Health Organization (WHO)
ReportThe 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms2023Marina Romanello, PhD Claudia di Napoli, PhD Carole Green, MPH Harry Kennard, PhD Pete Lampard, PhD Daniel Scamman, PhD et al.
ReportThe 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels2022Marina Romanello, PhD Claudia di Napoli, PhD Paul Drummond, MSc Carole Green, BA Harry Kennard, PhD Pete Lampard, PhD et al.
Portal SiteGlobal Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)n.d.World Health Organization (WHO) & World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Portal SiteHEAT.govn.d.U.S. Department of Commerce
International OrganizationFrom the G7 Health Communiqué to Action: Health and Climate GHHIN2022Global Heat Health Information Network
International OrganizationHealth and Climate: Heat Preparedness through Early Warning Systems2022World Health Organization (WHO) & World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
ReportHEAT EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ROUNDTABLE2023Global Heat Health Information Network
International OrganizationHeat and Health2018World Health Organization (WHO)
International OrganizationPublic health advice on preventing health effects of heat2011World Health Organization (WHO)
International OrganizationHeatwaves and health: guidance on warning-system development2016World Health Organization (WHO) & World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International OrganizationMental health and Climate Change: Policy Brief2022World Health Organization (WHO)
ReportQuality criteria for the evaluation of climate-informed early warning systems for infectious diseases2021World Health Organization (WHO)
News StoryWHO launches a new Global Initiative on Digital Health supported by the G20 Presidency2023World Health Organization (WHO)
ToolEUROMOMO （欧州のリアルタイムサーベイランスシステム）n.d.EuroMOMO
ArticleHeat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 20222023Joan Ballester, Marcos Quijal-Zamorano, Raúl Fernando Méndez Turrubiates, Ferran Pegenaute, François R. Herrmann, Jean Marie Robine, Xavier Basagaña, Cathryn Tonne, Josep M. Antó & Hicham Achebak
News StoryFACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat2023THE WHITE HOUSE, U.S.
Portal SiteEnvironmental and Health Data Portal/ Climate and Healthn.d.New York City, U.S.
News StoryWHO urges ‘surveillance system’ for those most vulnerable to extreme heat2023Eric Stober
Essay/ReviewClimate change, biodiversity loss and mental health: a global perspective2022Paolo Cianconi, Daniele Hirsch, Stefania Chiappini Stefania Chiappini, Giovanni Martinotti and Luigi Janiri
Essay/ReviewTransdisciplinary Research Priorities for Human and Planetary Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development2020Kristie L Ebi, Frances Harris, Giles B Sioen, Chadia Wannous, Assaf Anyamba, Peng Bi, Melanie Boeckmann, Kathryn Bowen, Guéladio Cissé, Purnamita Dasgupta, Gabriel O Dida, Alexandros Gasparatos, Franz Gatzweiler, Firouzeh Javadi, Sakiko Kanbara, Brama Kone, Bruce Maycock, Andy Morse, Takahiro Murakami, Adetoun Mustapha, Montira Pongsiri, Gerardo Suzán, Chiho Watanabe, Anthony Capon
RecommendationAn urgent need for COP27: confronting converging crises2023Jim Falk, Rita R. Colwell, Swadhin K. Behera, Adel S. El-Beltagy, Peter H. Gleick, Charles F. Kennel, Yuan Tseh Lee, Cherry A. Murray, Ismail Serageldin, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Chiho Watanabe, Joanne Kauffman, Kurt Soderland, Ismahane Elouafi, Raj Paroda, Ashok K. Chapagain, John Rundle, Naota Hanasaki, Haruo Hayashi, Ebun Akinsete & Sachiko Hayashida
ArticleSafe and just Earth system boundaries2023Johan Rockström
Essay/ReviewSafeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch2015Dr Sarah Whitmee, PhD Prof Andy Haines, FMedSci Prof Chris Beyrer, MD Frederick Boltz, PhD Prof Anthony G Capon, PhD Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, PhD Alex Ezeh, PhD Howard Frumkin, MD Prof Peng Gong, PhD Peter Head, BSc Richard Horton, FMedSci Prof Georgina M Mace, DPhil Robert Marten, MPH Samuel S Myers, MD Sania Nishtar, PhD Steven A Osofsky, DVM Prof Subhrendu K Pattanayak, PhD Montira J Pongsiri, PhD Cristina Romanelli, MSc Agnes Soucat, PhD Jeanette Vega, MD Derek Yach, MBChB
Essay/Review人新世の健康学2021Chiho Watanabe
Essay/Reviewプラネタリーヘルスと資源の循環（Planetary Health and Resource Circulation）2022Chiho Watanabe
ArticleEstimating the global risk of anthropogenic climate change2021Alexandre K. Magnan, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Virginie K. E. Duvat, Matthias Garschagen, Valeria A. Guinder, Zinta Zommers, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Jean-Pierre Gattuso
International OrganizationWhat is Climate Change?n.d.United Nations
ReportSixth Assessment Report2021Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
RecommendationThe relationship between climate change, health, and the humanitarian response2022Louisa Baxter, Catherine R McGowan, Sandra Smiley, Liliana Palacios, Carol Devine, and Cristian Casademont
Essay/ReviewExtreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications2021KristieL.Ebi, JenniferVanos, JaneW.Baldwin, JesseE.Bell, DavidM.Hondula, NicoleA.Errett, KatieHayes, ColleenE.Reid, Shubhayu Saha, June Spector, and Peter Berry
ArticleTalking about Climate Change and Environmental Degradation with Patients in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge, Potential Domains of Action and Points of View of General Practitioners2022Hélène André, Julia Gonzalez Holguera, Anneliese Depoux, Jérôme Pasquier, Dagmar M Haller, Pierre-Yves Rodondi, Joëlle Schwarz, Nicolas Senn
ArticleDiscussing climate change and other forms of global environmental change during the clinical encounter: Exploring US physicians’ perspectives2021Alanya C.L. den Boer, Arianne Teherani, Evelien de Hoop
ArticleViews of health professionals on climate change and health: a multinational survey study2021John Kotcher, PhD Edward Maibach, PhD Jeni Miller, PhD Eryn Campbell, MS Lujain Alqodmani, MD Marina Maiero et al.
Essay/ReviewConsecutive extreme flooding and heat wave in Japan: Are they becoming a norm? 2019Simon S.-Y. Wang, Hyungjun Kim, Dim Coumou, Jin-Ho Yoon, Lin Zhao, Robert R. Gillies
Report令和4年版 防災白書（White Paper on Disaster Management 2022）2021Cabinet OfficeThe White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan is a report designated by law to be drawn up and reported annually to the ordinary session of the Diet pursuant to the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act. In addition to providing an overview of measures taken concerning disasters in the year before last (FY2021) and plans concerning disaster risk reduction for the current year (FY2022), each report features a theme based on the current state of disaster risk reduction policies at the time it was written.
Report気候変動影響評価報告書 詳細（Assessment Report on
Climate Change Impacts in Japan）		2020Ministry of the Environment, JapanThis report is an assessment, based on scientific findings, of the kinds of impacts climate change could have on Japan, in a total of 71 categories in seven sectors, from the perspective of magnitude and likelihood (significance), timing of occurrence, adaptation measures and critical decision-making (urgency), and certainty of information (confidence). It is expected that this report will find various uses as input for an update of Japan’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan, planned for fiscal year 2021, and for local governments and businesses to grasp the impacts of climate change and consider adaptation plans, etc.
ArticleEstimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–212022Wang H, Paulson KR, Pease SA
News StoryWHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems. 20232022World Health Organization (WHO)
ArticlePrescription for healing the climate crisis: Insights on how to activate health professionals to advocate for climate and health solutions2021Kate T. Luong, John Kotcher, Jeni Miller, Eryn Campbell, Elissa Epel, Mona Sarfaty, and Edward Maibach
RecommendationMitigating and adapting to climate change: a call to public health professionals2015Mirko S Winkler, Martin Röösli, Martina S Ragettli, Guéladio Cissé, Pie Müller, Jürg Utzinger, Laura Perez
Essay/ReviewLimiting global warming to 1.5 to 2.0°C-A unique and necessary role for health professionals2019Edward W. Maibach, Mona Sarfaty, Mark Mitchell, and Rob Gould
Essay/ReviewCommunication research to improve engagement with climate change and human health: A review. 2023Eryn Campbell, Sri Saahitya Uppalapati, John Kotcher, Edward Maibach
ArticlePhysicians' views of patient-planetary health co-benefit prescribing: a mixed methods systematic review2023Redvers N
Essay/Review地球規模気候変動による健康と疾病への影響（Effects of Global Climate Change on Health and Diseases）1989Mitsuru AndoEffects on morbidity and mortality following both global warming and ultraviolet (UV-B) radiation increase are summarized. (1) The abnormally high atmospheric temperature ("heat wave") may be associated with increase in morbidity and mortality of high risk groups, such as the elderly. (2) Increased photochemical oxidants in urban areas with warming trend will have effects on human health and could cause inflammatory disease of eyes and many types of respiratory diseases. (3) The concentration of agrochemicals and pesticides in the environment would increase thereby resulting in human exposure. (4) Since the climate change would affect the seasonal and geographical abundance of major vector species like mosquito, the incidence of vector-borne diseases could be affected. (5) Since depletion of stratospheric ozone layer effect would increase UV-B radiation, a number of diseases of the skin and eyes may increase.
Essay/Review世界のHuman Biomonitoringと日本の課題：実践と政策応用（World Trends in Human Biomonitoring and Challenges in Japan: Implementation and Application in Policy Making）2020Shoji NAKAYAMAThis review introduces human biomonitoring (HBM) in U.S., Germany, Canada and Korea. The author also recommends that HBM with representativeness be implemented in Japan.
Essay/Review廃棄物処分場浸出水中のPCNs，PFASs，HCBDおよび
HBCD濃度の実態把握に向けた国内外における研究動向（Trends in Domestic and International Research for the Determination of PCNs, PFASs, HCBD and HBCD Concentrations in Landfill Leachates）		2021Yoshinori YabukiThe garbage generated from our modern lifestyles undergoes intermediate treatment such as incineration, etc. and is then landfilled at waste disposal sites. Often, various substances, including POPs and others, can be accumulating at these sites and may be detected in landfill leachates over the long term. As a result of this study, PFASs, including PFOA and PFOS, have been detected in the order of thousands of ng/L from landfill leachates and concentrations for HBCD and HCBD measured about two orders magnitude lower than those of PFASs. Notably, the concentrations of PCNs in landfill leachates is still unclear. Some reports suggest that activated carbon adsorptions, photocatalysis and high-pressure membranes treatments are effective in removing PFASs from water samples. Insufficient knowledge regarding concentration of POPs
and their reduction during the treatment process in landfill leachates suggests that further research, with monitoring and prediction models for landfill fields, is still required.
ArticleHokkaido birth cohort study on environment and children’s health: cohort profile 20212017Reiko Kishi, Atsuko Ikeda-Araki, Chihiro Miyashita, Sachiko Itoh, Sumitaka Kobayashi, Yu Ait Bamai, Keiko Yamazaki, Naomi Tamura, Machiko Minatoya, Rahel Mesfin Ketema, Kritika Poudel, Ryu Miura, Hideyuki Masuda, Mariko Itoh, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Hisanori Fukunaga, Kumiko Ito, Houman Goudarzi & the members of The Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health
ArticlePresence of Microplastics in Four Types of Shellfish Purchased at Fish Markets in Okayama City, Japan2021Ken-ichi Yamamoto et al.
Recommendationマイクロプラスチックによる水環境汚染の生態・健康影響研究の必要性とプラスチックのガバナンス（The pollution of water environment by microplastics: The Need for Ecological and Health Effects Research and the Governance of Plastics）2020Science Council of Japan(1) The Government of Japan should urgently investigate the origin of microplastics in the ocean, their dynamics in the aquatic environment, their feeding by marine organisms, and their migration and adverse effects on ecosystems. At the same time, promote cross-disciplinary basic and epidemiological research on the toxic effects on organisms and humans and their mechanisms, and hasten the collection of scientific knowledge that will contribute to a comprehensive presentation of scientific findings and to environmental and health risk assessment. (2) The government should accelerate national, industrial, and citizen efforts to "reduce the total amount of plastic emissions" by reducing the production and use of "disposable plastics. (3) The government should curb the use of primary microplastics and develop and promptly implement effective methods of collecting marine plastics that are the origin of secondary microplastics.
ArticleThe effect of the 2018 Japan Floods on cognitive decline among long-term care insurance users in Japan: a retrospective cohort study2021Shuhei Yoshida et al.
ArticleChanges in the factors contributing to the reduction of landslide fatalities between 1945 and 2019 in Japan2022Yoshinori Shinohara, Tomonori Kume
Article熊本県旧倉岳町における天草大水害と移転復興（Flood Disaster and Collective Relocation at Kuratake Town, Amakusa Area: Resettlement and in the Aftermath）2014Miwa AbeAct Concerning the Special Fiscal Measures for the Promotion of Collective Relocation for Disaster Prevention went into in December 1972 following the flood disaster that occurred in the Kyushu and Tohoku areas in 1972. Prior to 1972, disaster recovery policy was seen as 'rebuilding' policy, however, the Act gave disaster recovery policy a new definition which is 'build back better" policy. This study examines the process of collective relocation of the impacted people in the Amakusa area in Kyushuu. Through literature review and interviews, this report studies the concerns between the impacted people and local government officers as well as the relocation issues over the 40 years following relocation.
Article近年の土砂災害による死者・行方不明者数の経年変動（The recent trend in annual death toll by landslide disasters in Japan）2016Yoshinori Shinohara and Hikaru KomatsuThis study examined the trend in the number of deaths by landslide disasters to consider the trend in precipitation. We used survey data from 1983 to 2013 in Japan. The number of landslide disasters in each year was significantly correlated to the precipitation amount averaged over northern, eastern, and western Japan between May and October (p<0.05 ; R =0.78). The relationship in the first 16 years (1983－1998) was similar to that in the last 15 years (1999－2013). The death toll by landslide disasters was correlated to the number of landslides. The slope in the first period was steeper than that in the second period, indicating a decreasing trend in the ratio of deaths to landslides. We also found a decreasing trend in the number of houses involved in landslide disasters during the analysis period. However, there was no trend in the ratio of deaths to that of completely collapsed houses. Our results suggest that the decrease in the number of houses involved in landslide disasters is the dominant factor in the reduced death toll by landslide disasters.
ArticleAssociations Between Perceived Environmental Pollution and Mental Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in East Asia2020Takashi Yamashita, Giyeon Kim, and Anthony R. Bardo
Articleメチル水銀汚染地域住民のメンタルヘルスの状態とその関連要因（Factors Relating to the Conditions and Characteristics of Mental Health among the Inhabitants in a Methylmercury Polluted Area）2005Kayo USHIJIMA, Masahiro SHONO, Takao KITANO and Makoto FUTATSUKALittle attention has been paid to mental health of inhabitants of methylmercury-polluted areas. The objective of this study was to examine the factors relating to the conditions and characteristics of mental health of inhabitants residing in a methylmercury-polluted area. Depression and anxiety of the inhabitants may be directly caused by the health condition.
Further investigations with more precise and detailed measurements are needed to corroborate the causal relationship.
Essay/Review気候変動と食料システム（Climate Change and Food Systems）2022Toshihiro HasegawaGlobal warming and associated changes in precipitation patterns caused by greenhouse gas emissions aff ect food production and availability, utilization, and stability of food security. Food systems, defi ned as the collective systems covering the activities and processes involved in food production, distribution, processing, and consumption, are a signifi cant source of greenhouse gas emissions. This paper introduces recent studies on the impact of anthropogenic climate change on agricultural production and the actual status of greenhouse gases from food systems and discusses necessary research directions for the food system under future climate change.
Essay/Review地球温暖化に伴う健康リスク（Health Risk Evaluation of Global Warming）1990Mitsuru AndoGlobal warming may lead to changes in morbidity and mortality. It directly affects the ecosystem and alters the human hazards such as parasites, pathogens, pesticides and chemical pollutants. The climatic change also affects human health as it brings about changes in air quality and water quality. The major causes of mortality, such as cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and respiratory disease are influenced by the environmental factors such as climate and urbanization. In the economically developed countries, these diseases constitute the major cause of death. In temperate regions, the seasonal trends of the mortality of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory diseases indicate a winter maximum and summer minimum. Global warming changes the environmental factors and affect the seasonal trends of these diseases in many countries. The risk evaluation of heat wave stress, pesticides pollution, air pollution, water pollution, and vectorborne diseases by global warming is necessary.
ArticleClimate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer2022Sarah E. O. Schwartz, Laelia Benoit, Susan Clayton, McKenna F. Parnes, Lance Swenson & Sarah R. Lowe
Essay/ReviewClimate change and mental health research methods, gaps, and priorities: a scoping review2022Alison R Hwong, MD
Margaret Wang, MD
Hammad Khan, MD
D Nyasha Chagwedera, MD
Adrienne Grzenda, MD
Benjamin Doty, PhD
et al.
News StorySpecial Issue: Climate Change and Migrationn.d.Migrantion Policy Institute (MPI)
ReportPublic Health Situation Analysis: El Niño2023World Health Organization (WHO)
Essay/Review公衆衛生分野における気候変動の影響と適応策（Public health impacts of climate change and adaptation measures in Japan）2020Masahiro HashizumeThe author summarizes the health chapter of the Ministry of the Environmentʼs Climate Change Impact Assessment Report released in December 2020, and explains suggested adaptation measures in Japan.The Climate Change Adaptation Law was enacted in 2018, and it will be necessary for society to promote adaptation measures to minimize associated impacts on public health. It is also critical to assess whether the current health care system will be capable of meeting the communityʼs medical needs and maintaining health standards, even under future scenarios involving these adverse health impacts. In addition, it is also recommended to pursue co-benefits that promote mitigation measures, while simultaneously promoting health. Human health should always be prioritized in promoting adaptation measures.
Report日本における気候変動による影響の評価に関する報告と今後の課題について（Report on Assessment of Impacts of Climate Change in Japan and Future Challenges）2015Central Environment Council of the Ministry of the Environment, JapanFrom the scientific perspective, this report summarizes what kind of impacts could be occurring due to climate change in Japan, as well as the magnitude and probability (significance) of impacts, timing of occurrence of impacts, timing required to initiate adaptation measures and critical decision-making (urgency), and the certainty of information (confidence).
ArticleEffects of high ambient temperature on ambulance dispatches in different age groups in Fukuoka, Japan2018Kazuya Kotani, Kayo Ueda, Xerxes Seposo, Shusuke Yasukochia, Hiroko Matsumoto, Masaji Ono
Portal SiteClimate and health resources – C-CHANGE2018Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Portal SiteResources for climate resilient and low carbon health systems2018World Health Organization (WHO)
Essay/Reviewサステイナビリティ・サイエンスの展開—人新世の時代を見据えて—（Evolution of Sustainability Science in the Era of Anthropocene）2023Tomohiro TASAKI, Yasuko KAMEYAMA, Toshihiko MASUI, et al.After revisiting the trends in science and the progress in conceptual studies of sustainability, we considered the prospects of sustainability science in the era of the Anthropocene from three viewpoints: understanding the complex human‒global environment system and its recognition as a society, reconstruction of social goals and intergenerational succession, and system transition. We finally reached 11 issues, including the following. Studies to understand complex human-global environmental systems comprehensively have increased, but sustainability issues are not necessarily covered. Transdisciplinary perspectives are needed, especially in reconstructing social goals and sustainability criteria. Research on happiness has progressed, but additional studies are needed to replace GDP as a social goal. Intergenerational issues have received greater attention, but many research topics remain. System transition requires an approach different from the conventional environmental policy approach.
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