Global distribution and coincidence of pollution, climate impacts, and health risk in the Anthropocene.

ABSTRACT: Previous research demonstrates that low-income countries face higher risks than high-income countries from toxic pollution and climate change. However, the relationship between these two risks is little explored or tested, and efforts to address the risks are often independent and uncoordinated. We argue that the global risks from toxic pollution and climate change are highly correlated and should be jointly analyzed in order to inform and better target efforts to reduce or mitigate both risks. We provide such analysis for 176 countries and found a strong (rs = -0.798;95%CI -0.852, -0.727) and significant (p<0.0001) relationship between the distribution of climate risk and toxic pollution. We also found that inequities in pollution production, economic status, and institutional readiness a

SUBMITTER: Marcantonio R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294505 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature