Healthy Planet, Places and People
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Research Australia convened a panel of ten scientists to produce this report into the potential health impacts of climate change. It includes information on:
- Evidence that Australia's climate is changing
- The impact of climate change on the spread of infectious disease
- The potential rise in mortality rates from natural disasters and heat extremes
- Impact of climate change on existing health conditions such as asthma
- Relationships between climate change, energy use and obesity
- Climate change effects on mental health
- Potential re-emergence or rise of insect-transmitted diseases like dengue fever, Ross River virus and malaria in Australia
The report concludes with an analysis of research areas where gaps remain in our understanding of climate change's impacts on health, and with recommendations for responses to climate change.