Comments on: Climate change and human health – inequities demand win-win solutions http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/ Getting to grips with the brave new world of future climate and energy - notes from a Promethean environmentalist Wed, 16 May 2012 04:29:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Barry Brook http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/#comment-1413 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:55:59 +0000 http://bravenewclimate.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-1413 No one disagrees with Reiter that the geographical range of Plasmodium, or other tropical blood parasites and arboviruses, is constrained by more than just climate. But Reiter takes a very narrow view – that because malarial distribution is controlled by multiple factors and its realised niche is narrower than its presumed fundamental niche, ergo additional temperature warming will be relatively unimportant in determining whether it spreads. But this is far too simplistic. Rainfall distribution and intensity and seasonal availability of standing water are just two further factors which control mosquito population distribution. Both will also be altered by climate change, including via sea level changes which will create more inundated coastal areas which provide prime mosquito breeding habitat. Hence the synergy of these factors is strongly suspected to increase the prevalence of tropical disease under global warming, especially in areas where contact with dense human populations is most regular.

]]> By: Luke http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/#comment-1409 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:25 +0000 http://bravenewclimate.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-1409 I guess it’s still a question if they found him or he found them (the “think-tanks”). He was pretty angry with the IPCC so I can see how he might be easily motivated to “join up”. Has anyone countered his views on malaria and climate?

]]> By: Barry Brook http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/#comment-1399 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:40:51 +0000 http://bravenewclimate.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-1399 Reiter is focused on malarial spread – the issue of human health is much wider than that. His position is also not supported by the larger majority of health experts working on climate change – it is a similar dissenter vs consensus to the physical science issue.

A few further factoids about Dr Paul Reiter:
http://www.desmogblog.com/node/1279
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=421

]]> By: Luke http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/#comment-1395 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:27:06 +0000 http://bravenewclimate.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-1395 So how do we view the lead post’s assertions versus Reiter’s dissent … http://www.ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/reiter-climate-change-mbd.pdf

]]> By: Global Warming » Climate change and human health - inequities demand win-win solutions http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/09/23/climate-change-and-human-health-inequities-demand-win-win-solutions/#comment-1394 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:20:24 +0000 http://bravenewclimate.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-1394 [...] Read the original post:  Climate change and human health – inequities demand win-win solutions [...]

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