Climate Change Impacts on the Sustainability of Ecosystem Services and Human Health
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 420
Special Issue Editors
2. Member of the Catalyst Project Team, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS, UK
Interests: climate change adaptation; soil carbon; carbon cycle; human health; environment and health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is now acknowledged as an environmental emergency by many governments. Along with the biodiversity emergency, climate change is impacting the natural environment and the ecosystem services provided by diverse biological activities. Ecosystem services at risk of perturbation from climate change include many of those critical for human existence, such as food production, water security, protection from extreme weather events (e.g. storms and flooding) and control of disease vectors. Less tangible cultural services, such as attention-restoring, educational, aesthetic and affective interactions with the natural world, that contribute to our sense of identity and belonging, quality of life and capacity to function positively are also threatened. This special issue brings together the latest research and insights on how climate change impacts these ecosystem services and the implications for human health and wellbeing. How ecosystem services can best be protected in the face of climate change will also be a key focus point of the special issue. We invite submissions that inform on the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services or on the possible adaption strategies to minimise those impacts. Papers focused on the impacts of climate change on human health and wellbeing are welcome if the role played by ecosystems is clear; i.e. health impacts mediated by the natural environment.
Dr. Philip L Staddon
Dr. Alice Goodenough
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- climate change impacts
- ecosystem processes
- ecosystem services
- climate change adaptation
- health and wellbeing
