The co-benefits of climate change mitigation strategies on cardiovascular health: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change is a significant threat to global human health and a leading cause of premature death. Global warming, leading to more extreme weather (in particular extreme heat events), and air pollution has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 62% of the deaths attributable to climate change were from CVD. Climate change mitigation is a slow, steady process, and the concept of co-benefits has arisen to promote climate action. This systematic review examines how numerous mitigation strategies, such as plant-based diets, increasing green spaces, increasing active transport, using renewable energy sources, and smoking cessation, may have the co-benefit of reducing CVD.

SUBMITTER: Shrestha P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11458989 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature