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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… to deteriorate as a result. Air pollutants also cause lung disease and asthma, impair visibility and generate foul … these populations more vulnerable to poverty and disease. Adverse environmental conditions also have a greater … natural resources that support livelihoods. • Respiratory disease due to poor air quality. • Gastrointestinal diseases …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… & Steenblik, R. 2007. Biofuels: Is the cure worse than the disease? OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development. OECD: … posed by harmful pathogens and expose populations to disease that originally circulated within wild animal … smoke inhalation causes approximately 5% of all death and disease in some of the poorest countries. World Health …
Energy law and sustainable development
… expands the range (both latitude and altitude) of many disease carrying vectors, such as dengue fever and malaria. … disadvantaging others. And in a few cases, especially disease organisms and pests of forests or agricultural crops, … warmer temperatures accelerate the lifecycles of disease-carrying insects, encouraging them to feed more often …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… Smith and Metha, (2000), ‘Estimating the global burden of disease from indoor air pollution’, Annex 6.5 in D. Kay, A. … Methodology for assessment of environmental burden of disease: Report on the ISEE session on environmental burden of disease. WHO/SDE/WSH/00.7 United Nations Environment …