Martens W J, Slooff R, Jackson E K
Maastricht University, Department of Mathematics, Netherlands.
Bull World Health Organ. 1997;75(6):583-8.
Human-induced climate change threatens ecosystems and human health on a global scale. In order to withstand the worldwide threats to ecosystems, the concept of sustainable development was introduced during the 1980s. Since then, this concept has been widely applied to guide and focus policy-making. The present article reviews the health consequences of human-induced climate change on sustainable development, particularly the potential impact of such change of food supply, natural disasters, infectious diseases, ecosystems, and sea level rise. Discussed is an integrated model containing the key indicators of sustainable development. The relevance of climate change, human health, and sustainable development for international climate change policy is also examined.
人为引起的气候变化在全球范围内威胁着生态系统和人类健康。为了抵御全球范围内对生态系统的威胁,20世纪80年代引入了可持续发展的概念。从那时起,这一概念已被广泛应用于指导和聚焦政策制定。本文回顾了人为引起的气候变化对可持续发展的健康影响,特别是这种变化对粮食供应、自然灾害、传染病、生态系统和海平面上升的潜在影响。讨论了一个包含可持续发展关键指标的综合模型。还研究了气候变化、人类健康和可持续发展与国际气候变化政策的相关性。