Authors
Ying Zhang, Paul J Beggs, Alice McGushin, Hilary Bambrick, Stefan Trueck, Ivan C Hanigan, Geoffrey G Morgan, Helen L Berry, Martina K Linnenluecke, Fay H Johnston, Anthony G Capon, Nick Watts
Publication date
2020/12/2
Journal
Medical Journal of Australia
Volume
213
Issue
11
Pages
490-492. e10
Description
- The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change was established in 2017, and produced its first Australian national assessment in 2018 and its first annual update in 2019. It examines indicators across five broad domains: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co‐benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement.
- In the wake of the unprecedented and catastrophic 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, in this special report we present the 2020 update, with a focus on the relationship between health, climate change and bushfires, highlighting indicators that explore these linkages.
- In an environment of continuing increases in summer maximum temperatures and heatwave intensity, substantial increases in both fire risk and population exposure to bushfires are having an impact on Australia’s …
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