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Risks of Climate Change to Health and Adaptation of the Population: A Review of World Experience and Lessons for Russia

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Based on the latest data, the article presents an overview of estimates of the impact of global climate change on public health. A general description of approaches to the adaptation of the population under climate change has been given. The international experience in developing state strategies for adapting and protecting the population from the negative effects of climate change, including the development of the health care system, has been considered. The experience of adaptation of the population of Russian megacities to heat waves has been described. Conclusions and recommendations for Russia have been presented.

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  1. For more details on the impact of climate change on the health and quality of life of the population of the Russian Arctic, see [25, 26].

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ACKNOWLEGMENTS

The authors would like to thank Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Supervisor of the IEF RAS B.N. Porfiriev and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the laboratory of the IEF RAS B.A. Revich for providing materials and valuable comments during the preparation of this article.

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The study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation no. 22-28-01075. https://rscf.ru/project/22-28-01075/.

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Zinchenko, Y.V., Terent’ev, N.E. Risks of Climate Change to Health and Adaptation of the Population: A Review of World Experience and Lessons for Russia. Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 33, 671–679 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075700722060168

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