RT Book, Section
T1 Impact of climate change and human health in Spain. The first approach to the State-of-the-Art.
A1 Senciales-González, José María
A1 Echevarría Lucas, Lucía
A1 Rodrigo Comino, Jesús
K1 Salud - Factores de riesgo
K1 Enfermedades de origen ambiental
K1 Cambio medioambiental global
AB Spain is reaching the forecasts set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)since 1990-1992. To get a consensus and reach a minimum governmental awareness of theproblem, numerous global meetings were necessary in Spain, like in other countries. However, itwas clear that there is a need to transfer this reality to society clearly, concisely and forcefully,influencing changes in social norms, political priorities and cultural values. The scientificliterature agrees that the most important climate change events affecting human health are: hightemperatures, heat waves and ultraviolet radiation, as well as air, soil and water pollution. Inaddition, torrential rains, droughts, forest fires, diminishing water resources, coastal phenomenaand endangered habitats could be also included.. The aim of this chapter is to present the state ofthe art on the effects of climate change on health in Spain. So, methodologically, diseasesexacerbated by climate change detected in Spain were organized according to medical specialitiesand climatic elements, analysing morbidity and mortality. Spain increased its population from2000 to 2020 by 16.6% and stabilised its mortality at 9.01‰ (omitting Covid-19). Other reasonsaside, increases in morbidity or mortality above these demographic values may be due to theeffects of climate change. Thus, the data consulted indicate that 26.7% of mortality is due tocancers, which increase in women (26% between 2000 and 2020) and stabilise in men.
AB This isfollowed by heart disease (18.8%), which has fallen since 2000; digestive diseases (11.8%),which have increased by 20.3%; and respiratory and neurological diseases (13.1% and 12%,respectively), which have stabilised since the effect of Covid-19 has been cancelled out; thiszoonotic disease, in 2020 alone, increased mortality by 1.37‰, and thus increased mortality dueto infectious diseases to 18.2% of all deaths.. Climate change-related illnesses increase more inwomen. After reviewing this, we conclude that, in addition to the need to reduce greenhousegases, mitigation measures should include self-protection against heat, ultraviolet rays and waterpurification, as well as increased research on the environmental effects of climate on humanhealth.. Any of these measures can be understood as "disease sinks".
PB Springer
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40270
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40270
LA eng
NO Climate Change and Human Health Scenarios. International Case Studies, pp. 253-282
NO https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/policies/book-policies
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026