title: Assessing the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change.
abstract: There is an urgent need to assess the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change. This paper aims to provide an overview of current research, to identify knowledge gaps, and to propose future research needs in this challenging area. Evidence shows that climate change is affecting and will, in the future, have more (mostly adverse) impacts on ecosystems. Ecosystem degradation, particularly the decline of the life support systems, will undoubtedly affect human health and wellbeing. Therefore, it is important to develop a framework to assess the vulnerability of eco-environmental health to climate change, and to identify appropriate adaptation strategies to minimize the impact of climate change.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld. 4059, Australia. s.tong@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Shilu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: Gerry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McRae
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verrall
authors.forename: Dylan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D017753:Ecosystem; D004782:Environmental Health