title: Climate change and natural disasters: integrating science and practice to protect health.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hydro-meteorological disasters are the focus of this paper. The authors examine, to which extent climate change increases their frequency and intensity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of IPCC-projections of climate-change related extreme weather events and related literature on health effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Projections show that climate change is likely to increase the frequency, intensity, duration, and spatial distribution of a range of extreme weather events over coming decades.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need for strengthened collaboration between climate scientists, the health researchers and policy-makers as well as the disaster community to jointly develop adaptation strategies to protect human.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. rainer.sauerborn@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauerborn
authors.forename: Kristie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebi
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors