Kristie L. Ebi

Sep 9, 2024 | project-syndicate.org | Kristie L. Ebi

On July 25, 2024, the secretary-general of the United Nations, António Guterres, released a “Call to Action on Extreme Heat,” emphasizing the need to care for particularly vulnerable populations, protect outdoor workers, use data and science to increase resilience, and limit the global average surface temperature to 1.5° Celsius above preindustrial temperatures. By any metric, the risks I highlighted in 2022 continue to grow.

Jun 14, 2024 | nature.com | Kristie L. Ebi |Andy Haines

In a recent World View in Nature Medicine, Carlson1 reinforces the value of estimating the global human health burden of anthropogenic climate change and offers a stinging critique of the underinvestment in climate change and health research. Anthropogenic climate change has been altering weather patterns and sea level rise for several decades2.

Jan 4, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Kristie L. Ebi |Jeremy Hess

The frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events, such as heatwaves, flooding, and wildfires, with associated injuries, illnesses, deaths, and mental health consequences are increasing.1 Changes in mean temperature, precipitation, and sea level rise are causing increased food and water insecurity, prevalence of many infectious diseases, and prevalence of aeroallergen-induced respiratory diseases.2 Climate change can also contribute to population displacement and migration,...

Nov 29, 2023 | thelancet.com | Kristie L. Ebi

In this issue of The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, Ballester et al. analyzed temperature and mortality records for 147 regions in 16 European countries to determine whether weekly, biweekly, or monthly aggregation of mortality data could provide robust estimates of the short-term effects of exposure to high and low ambient temperatures. 1Ballester J. van Daalen K.R. Chen Z. et al.

Nov 16, 2023 | nature.com | Ben Stewart-Koster |Pamela Green |Christopher E. Ndehedehe |Lauren S. Andersen |Xuemei Bennink Bai |Fabrice DeClerck | +11 more

AbstractSafe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required.