Climate, Ecosystem and Human Health: Impacts and Adaptation
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 79
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change; public health; epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human-induced climate change is driving widespread environmental transformations, including record-breaking temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, more frequent extreme weather events, increased air pollution, biodiversity loss, desertification, deforestation, etc. These changes are disrupting ecosystems and intensifying health risks by altering disease dynamics, increasing exposure to environmental hazards, and exacerbating health inequalities.
The complex impacts of climate change on human health are shaped by both ecological disruptions and environmental stressors across diverse spatial–temporal scales. Land-use changes—such as deforestation, urban expansion, mining activities, and agricultural intensification—are transforming habitats, expanding the geographic range of vector-borne and waterborne diseases by creating conditions favourable for disease-carrying organisms. Simultaneously, air pollution, intensifying heat stress, and more frequent extreme climate and weather events are contributing to a rise in non-communicable diseases including respiratory, cardiovascular, and mental health burdens, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
As climate change amplifies these risks, advancing our understanding of the interactions between climate, ecosystems, and human health is critical for developing effective adaptation strategies and enhancing resilience. This requires a deeper integration of observational data, modelling techniques, and statistical methods, along with collaborative, multidisciplinary efforts across climate science, environmental studies, ecology, and epidemiology to improve predictive capabilities, inform targeted interventions, and support evidence-based policies in the face of accelerating climate-related health challenges.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers and experts to share insights, publish high-quality research, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration on the complex interactions between climate change, ecosystems, and human health.
We welcome original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, perspectives, and policy-relevant studies on climate and ecological changes themselves, as well as research assessing their direct and indirect health consequences. Submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following themes:
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Climate, Weather, and Health Impacts
Research on climate change, extreme climate and weather events, and their potential impact on climate-sensitive infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, food security, and water availability.
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Ecological and Environmental Drivers of Health Risks
Investigations into desertification, deforestation, land-use changes, biodiversity loss, air pollution, wildfires, oceanic environments, etc., in a changing climate.
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Adaptation, Resilience, and Early Warning Systems
Studies on disease surveillance and early warning systems, AI-driven modelling, nature-based solutions, healthcare resilience, and policy integration
Dr. Xiaoyue Liu
Dr. Shixue Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change and health
- climate and weather extremes
- ecosystem disruptions
- vector-borne diseases
- non-communicable diseases
- environmental health risks
- early warning systems
- climate adaptation strategies
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