Impact of Climate and Ecosystem Changes on Human Life Using Integrative and Multidisciplinary Approaches
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1327
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Interests: environmental, occupational and public health; toxicity of chemical compounds; reproductive toxicity; cohort studies; epidemiology
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) entitled “Impact of Climate and Ecosystem Changes on Human Life Using Integrative and Multidisciplinary Approaches” provides an opportunity for the research community to publish its invaluable and recent research findings pertaining to the unexpected current climate episodes and resulting environmental changes that affect many communities globally. This approach aims to bridge biochemical and behavioral sciences, resulting in identifying and understanding the linkages between social, behavioral, physiological, and biological factors and health and also falls under the concept of ‘One Health’.
Evidence from the past few years confirms that climatic conditions can change unexpectedly and almost instantly, sometimes not even allowing for activation of existing warning systems. As the impacts of climate change cannot be predefined by geographical location, prevention systems, or economic structures of the particular country or region, a change in mindset is required in terms of traditional or conventional research approaches. For example, until fairly recently, the effects of environmental pollution on health were investigated mainly in high-risk groups, e.g., pregnant women and newborn and young infants residing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which are usually characterized by relaxed control policies and a dearth of legislation and regulations. In the new climatic scenario, for research to be meaningful and impactful and to contribute positively to policy- and decision-making, its scope must be broadened to include the affected populations overall, regardless of their age, demographic dimensions, political milieu, and/or socio-economic status. In addition, the ‘One Health’ research approach is preferable because of its multi-faceted focus on transdisciplinary, integrative, sustainable, and unifying methodologies that recognize the interconnectedness of people, animals, and ecosystems.
Based on your research interests and outputs, we are pleased to invite you to contribute your impactful research findings to this Special Issue.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together researchers from different countries and continents, experiencing climate changes, to share their expertise with the main objective of advancing the scientific understanding of the complex interaction between climate change episodes and lifelong health. Multidisciplinary research is needed in this rapidly evolving field to understand the diverse range of impacts from a global perspective and the associated health effects. Moreover, it will be important to link these research findings with the objectives of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.
Both original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: impact of emerging climate changes on population health due to uncontrolled release of known environmental pollutants including long-term health effects; sex/gender response; effect of loss of habitat on health; interface with wild and domestic animals; changes in disease susceptibility associated with genetic, epigenetic and lifestyle factors; preventive nutritional effects; influence of climatic changes on pandemics; methodological and epidemiological studies; toxicological studies; prevention strategies; policy formulation; effects of hazardous exposures in occupational settings on lifelong health; and interface and overlap between public, animal, and environmental health using the ‘One Health’ approach.
Before preparing your contribution, please submit an abstract so that your chosen topic’s suitability to these Special Issue themes can be ascertained.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to impactful collaboration across different areas of expertise and geographical regions.
Prof. Dr. Halina B. Röllin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- population health toxic effects
- sex/gender response
- individual susceptibility
- One Health
- nutritional impact
- environmental and public health
- occupational health
- prevention strategies and policy formulation
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