Climate Change Built Environment and Urbanization

Heat-related health risks for people experiencing homelessness: A rapid review. Journal of Urban Health.

Extreme heat is one of the most urgent and deadly climate-related health threats today. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are at particularly high risk due to prolonged outdoor exposure, limited access to resources, and pre-existing health conditions. As climate change intensifies, understanding and addressing these risks is more critical than ever. Our paper presents a rapid review of research from the past five years (2019–2024) on the health impacts of extreme heat on PEH in high-income countries. We identify key vulnerability factors, such as age, pre-existing health conditions, and geographic disparities, and explore a range of health outcomes—including heat-related morbidity and...

March 19, 2025 • Research & Reports

Noor, J., Bezgrebelna, M., Kerman, N., et al.

Climate Change Disaster Preparedness and Adaptation

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN. The Guardian.

March 18, 2025 • News

Carrington, D.

Climate Change

Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies. Nature Communications.

March 14, 2025 • Research & Reports

Meade, R.D., Akerman, A.P., Notley, S.R., et al.

Climate Change Health and Care Systems

Contemporary health challenges in the Anthropocene: Implications for nursing education. Teaching and Learning in Nursing.

March 13, 2025 • Research & Reports

Calaguas, N.P.

Nutritional Diseases Climate Change

Planetary Health diet index trends and associations with dietary greenhouse gas emissions, disease biomarkers, obesity, and mortality in the United States (2005-2018). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

2025 • Research & Reports

Zhan, J., Bui, L., Hodge, R.A., et al.