Climate Change and Health in the Russian Far East. V.V. BOGATOV, P.Ya. BAKLANOV, S.A. LOZOVSKAYA, M.B. SHTETS
Keywords:
climate change, health, respiratory and infectious diseases, Russian Far East, adaptation, mitigationAbstract
Climate Change and Health in the Russian Far East. V.V. BOGATOV (Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok; Federal Scientific Center for Biodiversity of Terrestrial Biota of East Asia FEB RAS, Vladivostok), P.Ya. BAKLANOV (Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok), S.A. LOZOVSKAYA (Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok) , M.B. SHTETS (Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok).
The article reviews the impact of climate change on the health of the population of the Russian Far East carried out within the framework of the project “Climate Change and Health” of the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia. Problems of influence on human health of extreme temperatures, forest fires, floods, threats of infectious diseases, air and water pollution are considered. Measures are proposed for the adaprtation to the consequences of climate change and reduction of their negative impact.