Abstract
In recent decades, climate change has been responsible for an increase in the average temperature of the troposphere and of the oceans, with consequences on the frequency and intensity of many extreme weather phenomena. Climate change’s effects on natural disasters can be expected to induce a rise in humanitarian crises. In addition, it will surely impact the population’s long-term general health, especially among the most fragile. There are foreseeable health risks that both ambulatory care organizations and hospitals will face as global temperatures rise. These risks include the geographic redistribution of infectious (particularly zoonotic) diseases, an increase in cardiac and respiratory illnesses, as well as a host of other health hazards. Some of these risks have been detailed for most developed countries as well as for some developing countries. Using these existing risk assessments as a template, organizational innovations as well as implementation strategies should be proposed to mitigate the disruptive effects of these health risks on emergency departments and by extension, reduce the negative impact of climate change on the populations they serve.
Highlights
Over the past sixty years, climatologists have witnessed climate change due to global warming, which has led to an increase in average oceanic and atmospheric temperatures
The aim of this study is to identify the impacts of climate change on health and on
This will result in the repeated management of crises with serious deaths and injuries
Summary
Over the past sixty years, climatologists have witnessed climate change due to global warming, which has led to an increase in average oceanic and atmospheric temperatures. ENSO has a planetary impact [5] increased by global warming in terms of frequency and intensity [6] This phenomenon, a source of origin of specific natural disasters, has already given rise to situations of humanitarian and health crises (e.g., in Haiti, Japan, and so forth). The direct consequence will be increased health risks with greater vulnerability and insecurity of the population’s water and food access, as well as a modified distribution of pathogens and associated vectors These risks will be exacerbated with an increased frequency of extreme climatic events and would be compounded by increased migration phenomena and changes in agricultural production, resulting in a risk of undernutrition and civil disruption for a large part of the world population [5,9,10]. In light of the effects of climate change, specific strategies will be proposed to implement and moving forward for EDs in Europe and internationally (especially in the less developed countries)
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